Table 2

The 20 clinical journals that published the most systematic reviews in 2000

Journal
No. reviews (% of all original and review articles)
No. systematic reviews (% of all reviews)

COCHRANE LIBRARY
444 (100.0)
427 (96.2)
LANCET
61 (9.7)
23 (37.7)
ARCH INTERN MED
61 (17.4)
21 (34.4)
BMJ
154 (32.6)
20 (13.0)
ANN INTERN MED
34 (21.1)
14 (41.2)
JAMA
37 (8.3)
14 (37.8)
J FAM PRACT
24 (22.9)
13 (54.2)
CHEST
69 (13.5)
12 (17.4)
OBSTET GYNECOL
13 (3.8)
8 (61.5)
SPINE
23 (5.9)
8 (34.8)
STROKE
17 (4.3)
7 (41.2)
NEUROLOGY
54 (8.0)
7 (13.0)
J CLIN ONCOL
35 (7.9)
7 (20.0)
CMAJ
65 (43.9)
6 (9.2)
J ADV NURS
33 (12.5)
6 (18.2)
SCHIZOPHR BULL
9 (15.8)
6 (66.7)
J RHEUMATOL
19 (4.6)
6 (31.6)
DIABETES CARE
20 (5.8)
5 (25.0)
J GEN INTERN MED
9 (8.5)
5 (55.6)
AM J MED
50 (26.2)
5 (10.0)

Montori et al. BMC Medicine 2003 1:2   doi:10.1186/1741-7015-1-2

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