Table 1 Included high-impact-factor medical journals

General medicine journals (with an IF > 10):

- The New England Journal of Medicine (IF = 72.406)

- The Lancet (IF = 47.831)

- JAMA – the Journal of the American Medical Association (IF = 44.405)

- The BMJ – the British Medical Journal (IF = 20.785)

- Annals of Internal Medicine (IF = 17.202)

- JAMA Internal Medicine – formerly, Archives of Internal Medicine (IF = 16.538)

- PLOS Medicine (IF = 11.862)

Medical specialty journals (with an IF > 10):

- Lancet Oncology (IF = 33.900)

- World Psychiatry (IF = 26.561)

- Lancet Neurology (IF = 26.284)

- Journal of Clinical Oncology (IF = 24.008)

- European Heart Journal (IF = 20.212)

- JACC – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (IF = 19.896)

- Lancet Infectious Diseases (IF = 19.864)

- Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (IF = 19.742)

- Circulation (IF = 19.309)

- Lancet Respiratory Medicine (IF = 19.287)

- Gastroenterology (IF = 18.392)

- Gut (IF = 16.658)

- JAMA Oncology (IF = 16.559)

- European Urology (IF = 16.265)

- JAMA Psychiatry – formerly, Archives of General Psychiatry (IF = 15.307)

- American Journal of Psychiatry (IF = 14.176)

- Circulation Research (IF = 13.965)

- Hepatology (IF = 13.246)

- American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (IF = 13.204)

- Blood (IF = 13.164)

- Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (IF = 13.081)

- Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (IF = 12.811)

- JNCI – Journal of the National Cancer Institute (IF = 12.589)

- Journal of Hepatology (IF = 12.486)

- Intensive Care Medicine (IF = 12.015)

- Diabetes Care (IF = 11.857)

- Annals of Oncology (IF = 11.855)

- Leukaemia (IF = 11.702)

- Lancet Psychiatry (IF = 11.588)

- European Respiratory Journal (IF = 10.569)

- Brain (IF = 10.292)

- JAMA Pediatrics – formerly, Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine (IF = 10.251)

- JAMA Neurology – formerly, Archives of Neurology (IF = 10.029)