Table 2 Top 15 journals and their impact factors with African researchers as first authors
Journal | TP* | 2010 IF* |
|---|---|---|
South African Medical Journal | 101 | 1.676 |
Vaccine | 82 | 3.766 |
The Lancet | 69 | 33.633 |
Journal of Infectious Diseases | 51 | 6.288 |
Bulletin of the World Health Organization | 41 | 5.459 |
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal | 34 | 3.577 |
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 29 | 2.615 |
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics | 28 | 1.388 |
East African Medical Journal | 28 | n/a |
International Journal of Epidemiology | 25 | 6.414 |
Tropical Medicine and International Health | 18 | 2.795 |
Annals of Tropical Paediatrics | 18 | 0.9 |
Social Science & Medicine | 13 | 2.699 |
Central African Journal of Medicine | 12 | n/a |
British Medical Journal | 11 | 13.471 |