Table 4

The five clinical journals that published the most systematic reviews by audience in 2000

Journal

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

No. systematic reviews (% of all reviews)

Nursing

J ADV NURS

33 (12.5)

6 (18.2)

PATIENT EDUC COUNS

4 (6.3)

3 (75.0)

J CLIN NURS

14 (17.5)

3 (21.4)

J PEDIATR ONCOL NURS

9 (64.3)

1 (11.1)

J NURS SCHOLAR

11 (25.0)

1 (9.1)

General Medicine

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)

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