Table 5

Top 15 Journals with most researches for highly cited vaccine researches

JournalNo. of highly cited papers (%)No. of citations (%)Citations per paper% of related papers*Impact Factor†JCR category (category rank)
Nature131 (4.02)63 164482.171.8750.5Multidisciplinary Sciences (1/134)
New England Journal of Medicine122 (3.75)68 923564.943.5696.2Medicine, General & Internal (2/325)
Lancet118 (3.62)58 034491.812.9698.4Medicine, General & Internal (1/325)
Nature Communications81 (2.49)15 391190.011.6414.7Multidisciplinary Sciences (8/134)
Science81 (2.49)39 946493.161.9144.7Multidisciplinary Sciences (3/134)
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report75 (2.30)12 223162.979.8325.4Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (2/403)
Lancet Infectious Diseases69 (2.12)19 035275.8715.6636.4Infectious Diseases (1/132)
Cell65 (2.00)33 422514.183.8145.5Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (2/313)
Nature Medicine64 (1.96)21 132330.196.3658.7Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (1/313)
Science Translational Medicine38 (1.17)7323192.718.9315.8Cell Biology (11/205)
Vaccine35 (1.07)13 714391.8392.254.5Immunology (61/181)
Vaccines33 (1.01)7608230.5586.725.2Immunology (45/181)
Journal of the American Medical Association32 (0.98)10 709334.662.5063.1Medicine, General & Internal (5/325)
JAMA Network Open32 (0.98)3599112.472.9710.5Medicine, General & Internal (10/325)
PLoS One31 (0.95)7460240.652.182.9Multidisciplinary Sciences (31/134)
  • *% of related articles = number of vaccine-related articles / total number of articles in this journal in recent 10 years.

  • †IF from Clarivate published 2023 Journal Impact Factor.

  • JCR, Journal Citation Report.