Medline-based bibliometric analysis of gastroenterology journals between 2001 and 2007

Table 1 Publication trend of articles in gastroenterology journals, 2001-2007

Journal	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Total
Abdom Imaging	126	117	147	116	119	146	126	897
Acta Gastroenterol Belg	45	52	38	45	66	51	47	344
Acta Gastroenterol Latinoam	34	17	30	16	27	52	49	225
Aliment Pharmacol Ther	246	305	372	416	363	390	338	2430
Am J Gastroenterol	543	466	425	338	363	383	340	2858
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol	331	289	267	272	298	289	354	2100
Ann Hepatol		30	29	29	48	56	47	239
Arq Gastroenterol	44	42	45	49	46	61	63	350
Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol	64	67	66	90	66	68	67	488
BMC Gastroenterol	14	23	34	32	39	43	46	231
Can J Gastroenterol	98	79	98	95	66	85	97	618
Chin J Dig Dis				35	43	39		117
Clin Colorectal Cancer	27	31	34	43	60	54	49	298
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol			62	153	219	231	275	940
Clin Liver Dis	52	56	53	49	44	48	50	352
Colorectal Dis	68	105	93	92	104	139	149	750
Curr Gastroenterol Rep	81	70	79	77	76	71	80	534
Curr Issues Intest Microbiol	5	5	8	7	7	10	5	47
Curr Opin Gastroenterol	91	85	66	78	86	81	78	565
Dig Dis	47	40	43	53	36	33	53	305
Dig Dis Sci	390	415	345	324	406	376	570	2826
Dig Liver Dis	129	172	174	166	153	176	200	1170
Dig Surg	95	96	78	70	60	65	78	542
Digestion	88	69	62	71	69	77	70	506
Dis Colon Rectum	263	245	255	270	301	246	257	1837
Dis Esophagus	63	68	75	66	80	91	92	535
Dysphagia	37	42	36	35	42	40	43	275
Eat Weight Disord	35	42	55	49	56	52	47	336
Eksp Klin Gastroenterol		145	120	94	96	81	119	655
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol	263	222	212	217	217	216	192	1539
Gastric Cancer	33	45	57	35	42	45	40	297
Gastroenterol Clin Biol	196	195	185	213	172	190	177	1328
Gastroenterol Clin North Am	54	74	54	59	46	49	51	387
Gastroenterol Hepatol	89	90	87	109	95	142	84	696
Gastroenterol Nurs	48	53	47	55	65	68	51	387
Gastroenterology	361	437	402	468	428	439	456	2991
Gastrointest Endosc	436	491	447	429	374	412	416	3005
Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am	47	55	52	59	51	61	52	377
Gut	322	406	348	346	342	320	299	2383
Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int		128	121	128	120	115	114	726
Hepatogastroenterology	414	422	580	443	426	209	542	3036
Hepatology	344	389	335	353	319	346	388	2474
Hernia	47	44	50	84	86	104	98	513
Indian J Gastroenterol	104	87	105	85	88	104	93	666
Inflamm Bowel Dis	66	70	65	156	160	147	200	864
Int J Colorectal Dis	63	64	86	89	74	123	191	690
Int J Gastrointest Cancer	43	46	43		51	23		206
Int J Pancreatol	25							25
J Clin Gastroenterol	185	180	156	177	177	177	157	1209
J Dig Dis							36	36
J Gastroenterol	125	206	192	170	156	147	172	1168
J Gastroenterol Hepatol	239	279	213	265	327	365	447	2135
J Gastrointest Surg	100	127	140	161	175	195	258	1156
J Gastrointestin Liver Dis						61	69	130
J Health Popul Nutr	32	45	43	47	44	57	56	324
J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg	88	107	76	84	91	97	98	641
J Hepatol	226	231	304	268	282	276	227	1814
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr	256	268	207	234	273	244	219	1701
J Viral Hepat	62	64	71	80	90	117	126	610
JOP	55	18	24	68	69	79	87	400
Korean J Gastroenterol			81	103	136	144	133	597
Korean J Hepatol				41	51	57	59	208
Liver	58	87						145
Liver Int			75	96	153	159	172	655
Liver Transpl	184	186	234	256	225	297	281	1663
Minerva Gastroenterol Dietol	27	42	32	35	29	41	36	242
Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol				27	126	121	138	412
Neurogastroenterol Motil	55	64	64	114	104	105	128	634
Nippon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi	127	155	141	112	130	120	144	929
Pancreas	128	134	154	147	143	116	131	953
Pancreatology	74	58	55	38	72	54	56	407
Rev Esp Enferm Dig	57	61	73	99	89	91	110	580
Rev Gastroenterol Disord	13	28	47	51	35	27	32	233
Rev Gastroenterol Mex	31	83	66	82	105	88	99	554
Rev Gastroenterol Peru	34	32	34	35	39	39	46	259
Rom J Gastroenterol		48	47	50	63			208
Ross Gastroenterol Zh	29							29
Scand J Gastroenterol	218	235	209	222	219	210	235	1548
Scand J Gastroenterol Suppl	16	18	30	15		25		104
Semin Gastrointest Dis	26	23	23					72
Semin Liver Dis	43	41	44	60	47	39	38	312
Surg Endosc	376	454	505	393	292	362	463	2845
Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech	86	89	90	80	92	107	144	688
Taehan Kan Hakhoe Chi		67	42					109
Tech Coloproctol	41	43	39	130	54	67	59	433
Trop Gastroenterol	65	66	59	55	56	43	51	395
Turk J Gastroenterol		48	59	58	53	65	49	332
World J Gastroenterol	172	236	632	812	1478	1315	1039	5684
Z Gastroenterol	134	156	127	115	90	90	93	805
Zhonghua Ganzangbing Zazhi	114	193	325	325	341	308	314	1920
Zhonghua Weichang Waike Zazhi					109	108	105	322
Total	9447	10 663	11 178	11 663	12 610	12 660	13 340	81 561