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Table 7 Most prolific journals and most commonly used keywords per journal

From: Global mapping of randomised trials related articles published in high-impact-factor medical journals: a cross-sectional analysis

Journal subject category

Total articles

Journal name

Total articles

Keywords

Total articles

General medical journals

13,688

The Lancet

3593

Clinical trial

331

Therapy

310

Efficacy

175

Management

167

Risk

164

The New England Journal of Medicine

3275

Clinical trial

875

Randomised controlled trial

511

Therapy

385

Double-blind

238

Risk

201

The BMJ

2516

Clinical trial

151

Management

109

Intervention

96

Therapy

88

Risk

77

JAMA

1904

Clinical trial

237

Therapy

153

Risk

136

Meta-analysis

130

Double-blind

127

JAMA Internal Medicine

1122

Clinical trial

151

Risk

98

Randomised controlled trial

93

Intervention

84

Cardiovascular disease

81

Annals of Internal Medicine

1097

Clinical trial

140

Therapy

96

Risk

75

Disease

62

Efficacy

55

Specialised medical journals

25,617

Journal of Clinical Oncology

3343

Chemotherapy

1028

Clinical trial

772

Therapy

646

Survival

442

Randomised controlled trial

385

Circulation

2331

Myocardial infarction

690

Clinical trial

618

Cardiovascular disease

578

Therapy

466

Coronary heart disease

454

JAAC – Journal of the American College of Cardiology

2133

Myocardial infarction

355

Clinical trial

345

Cardiovascular disease

281

Mortality

258

Randomised controlled trial

247

Diabetes Care

1885

Diabetes mellitus

779

Glycaemic control

305

Clinical trial

272

Therapy

225

Risk

189

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

1354

Asthma

446

Children

364

Double-blind

238

Clinical trial

232

Histamine

222

European Heart Journal

1315

Clinical trial

231

Myocardial infarction

228

Mortality

159

Therapy

159

Cardiovascular disease

153

Annals of Oncology

1119

Chemotherapy

448

Clinical trial

353

Therapy

236

Survival

169

Carcinoma

130

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

1011

Asthma

316

Clinical trial

270

Therapy

182

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

178

Bronchial hyperresponsiveness

148

Gastroenterology

1008

Clinical trial

158

Therapy

122

Randomised controlled trial

86

Inflammatory bowel disease

75

Cirrhosis

63

  1. Note: Journals with at least 1000 articles. Keyword data refer to the period 1990–2017