Table 2

The journals most widely read by different groups of respondent paediatricians

All paediatricians (n = 993)

Tertiary (n = 279)

DGH-based (n = 412)

Community-based (n = 294)

Journals read ^a

All

academic (n = 175)

non-academic (n = 807)

All

All

All, without NCCGs (n = 193)

^bNCCGs (n = 101)

Archives of Disease in Childhood (UK)

96

97

96

95

99

97

92

BMJ (UK)

84

80

85

81

85

88

87

Lancet (UK)

45

71

39

62

50

22

13

Pediatrics (USA)

44

51

42

47

56

25

14

Journal of Pediatrics (USA)

43

55

40

53

54

24

7

New England Journal of Medicine (USA)

37

61

31

56

43

10

6

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology (UK)

32

22

34

16

26

69

33

Current Opinion in Pediatrics (USA)

26

23

26

16

41

19

8

Pediatric Clinics of North America (USA)

21

17

21

13

33

13

7

Child Care, Health & Development (UK)

9

5

10

1

2

28

24

JAMA ^c

4

7

3

4

4

2

2

The table contains details of all journals read by at least 20% of paediatricians in one or more of the listed categories to inform their clinical practice.

^aJournal names in italics indicate those included in the list on the original questionnaire;

^bNCCGs, non-consultant career grades. NCCGs have been included separately for the Community-based paediatricians as they formed a large minority of the group (34%) whereas the numbers in the two hospital based groups were too small for separate analysis and have been included in the figures for all tertiary and all DGH-based paediatricians.

^C JAMA is included to provide a complete picture for the seven journals viewed as containing the 'best evidence' for paediatricians.

Jones et al. BMC Pediatrics 2007 7:1   doi:10.1186/1471-2431-7-1