Wang JL, Li X, Fan JR, Yan JP, Gong ZM, Zhao Y, Wang DM, Ma L, Ma N, Guo DM, Ma LS. Integrity of the editing and publishing process is the basis for improving an academic journal’s Impact Factor. World J Gastroenterol 2022; 28(43): 6168-6202 [PMID: 36483155 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v28.i43.6168]
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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 21, 2022; 28(43): 6168-6202 Published online Nov 21, 2022. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v28.i43.6168
Table 1 Comparison of the 2020 and 2021 Journal Impact Factors™ of the seven Baishideng journals indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded
Journal title
2021 JIF
2020 JIF
5-yr JIF
Category: Journal rank/total journals (quartile)
World Journal of Gastroenterology
5.374
5.742
5.715
Gastroenterology and Hepatology: 31/93 (Q2)
World Journal of Stem Cells
5.247
5.326
4.964
Cell and Tissue Engineering: 12/29 (Q2); Cell Biology: 86/194 (Q2)
World Journal of Diabetes
4.560
3.763
5.370
Endocrinology and Metabolism: 62/146 (Q2)
World Journal of Psychiatry
3.500
4.571
7.380
Psychiatry: 89/155 (Q3)
World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology
3.404
3.393
3.250
Oncology: 163/245 (Q3); Gastroenterology and Hepatology: 59/93 (Q3)
World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
2.505
2.582
3.099
Surgery: 104/211 (Q2); Gastroenterology and Hepatology: 81/93 (Q4)
World Journal of Clinical Cases
1.534
1.337
1.599
Medicine, General and Internal: 135/172 (Q4)
Table 2 Rank and record count of journals that published articles that cited the 1102 articles published in World Journal of Gastroenterology in 2019-2020, n (%)
Rank
Publication title
Record count
1
Cancers
241 (2.13)
2
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
241 (2.13)
3
Frontiers in Oncology
193 (1.706)
4
Journal of Clinical Medicine
138 (1.22)
5
Nutrients
119 (1.052)
6
Scientific Reports
111 (0.981)
7
Frontiers in Pharmacology
100 (0.884)
8
Frontiers in Immunology
92 (0.813)
9
Frontiers in Medicine
89 (0.787)
10
World Journal of Clinical Cases
77 (0.681)
11
Cells
76 (0.672)
12
Digestive Diseases and Sciences
73 (0.645)
13
Medicine
71 (0.628)
14
Medicine Hagerstown
70 (0.619)
15
Cureus
67 (0.592)
16
Surgical Endoscopy
67 (0.592)
17
Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques
67 (0.592)
18
Diagnostics
64 (0.566)
19
Diagnostics Basel Switzerland
64 (0.566)
20
BMC Gastroenterology
63 (0.557)
21
Biomed Research International
55 (0.486)
22
Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
55 (0.486)
23
Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine ECAM
55 (0.486)
24
PLOS One
53 (0.468)
25
Other journals, n = 3025
9013 (79.662)
Table 3 Rank and record count of journals that published articles that cited the 184 articles published in World Journal of Stem Cells in 2019-2020, n (%)
Rank
Publication title
Record count
1
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
139 (7.748)
2
Cells
76 (4.236)
3
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
70 (3.902)
4
Stem Cell Research Therapy
69 (3.846)
5
Stem Cells International
44 (2.453)
6
Cancers
37 (2.062)
7
Stem Cell Reviews and Reports
24 (1.338)
8
Frontiers in Immunology
23 (1.282)
9
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
22 (1.226)
10
Biomedicines
18 (1.003)
11
Scientific Reports
18 (1.003)
12
Pharmaceutics
17 (0.948)
13
Frontiers in Pharmacology
16 (0.892)
14
Current Stem Cell Research Therapy
14 (0.780)
15
Frontiers in Oncology
12 (0.669)
16
Biology
10 (0.557)
17
Biology Basel
10 (0.557)
18
Biomolecules
10 (0.557)
19
Molecules
10 (0.557)
20
Molecules Basel Switzerland
10 (0.557)
21
Applied Sciences Basel
8 (0.446)
22
Journal of Clinical Medicine
8 (0.446)
23
Molecular Biology Reports
8 (0.446)
24
Neural Regeneration Research
8 (0.446)
25
Other journals, n = 834
1113 (62.040)
Table 4 Rank and record count of journals that published articles that cited the 110 articles published in World Journal of Diabetes in 2019-2020, n (%)
Rank
Publication title
Record count
1
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
35 (3.776)
2
Frontiers in Endocrinology
22 (2.373)
3
Nutrients
17 (1.834)
4
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
15 (1.618)
5
Journal of Clinical Medicine
15 (1.618)
6
Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity Targets and Therapy
14 (1.510)
7
Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome
13 (1.402)
8
Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome Clinical Research Reviews
13 (1.402)
9
Cureus
9 (0.971)
10
Diabetes Therapy
8 (0.863)
11
Diabetes Therapy Research Treatment and Education of Diabetes and Related Disorders
8 (0.863)
12
Antioxidants
7 (0.755)
13
Antioxidants Basel Switzerland
7 (0.755)
14
BMJ Open Diabetes Research Care
7 (0.755)
15
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
7 (0.755)
16
Medicine
7 (0.755)
17
Medicine Hagerstown
7 (0.755)
18
Metabolites
7 (0.755)
19
PLOS One
7 (0.755)
20
Scientific Reports
7 (0.755)
21
Biomedicines
6 (0.647)
22
Cardiovascular Diabetology
6 (0.647)
23
Diabetes Obesity Metabolism
6 (0.647)
24
Frontiers in Pharmacology
6 (0.647)
25
Other journals, n = 645
671 (72.384)
Table 5 Rank and record count of journals that published articles that cited the 35 articles published in World Journal of Psychiatry in 2019-2020, n (%)
Rank
Publication title
Record count
1
Frontiers in Psychiatry
9 (4.245)
2
Journal of Affective Disorders
7 (3.302)
3
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
6 (1.415)
4
BMC Psychiatry
6 (2.830)
5
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
6 (2.830)
6
International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications
5 (2.358)
7
European Psychiatry
4 (1.887)
8
Brain and Behavior
3 (1.415)
9
Journal of Clinical Medicine
3 (1.415)
10
Journal of Personalized Medicine
3 (1.415)
11
Psychiatria Danubina
3 (1.415)
12
Advances in Medical Education and Practice
2 (0.943)
13
Asian Journal of Psychiatry
2 (0.943)
14
Brain Sciences
2 (0.943)
15
Clinical Neuropsychiatry
2 (0.943)
16
European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
2 (0.943)
17
European Neuropsychopharmacology
2 (0.943)
18
Frontiers in Neuroscience
2 (0.943)
19
Frontiers in Psychology
2 (0.943)
20
Indian Journal of Psychiatry
2 (0.943)
21
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
2 (0.943)
22
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
2 (0.943)
23
Other journals, n = 54
135 (63.679)
Table 6 Rank and record count of journals that published articles that cited the 218 articles published in World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology in 2019-2020, n (%)
Rank
Publication title
Record count
1
Cancers
70 (4.711)
2
Frontiers in Oncology
64 (4.307)
3
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
32 (2.153)
4
Cells
21 (1.413)
5
BMC Cancer
20 (1.346)
6
Cancer Management and Research
17 (1.144)
7
Aging
16 (1.077)
8
Aging US
16 (1.077)
9
Biomedicines
16 (1.077)
10
Scientific Reports
16 (1.077)
11
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
15 (1.009)
12
Journal of Clinical Medicine
15 (1.009)
13
World Journal of Clinical Cases
14 (0.942)
14
Biomed Research International
13 (0.875)
15
European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences
13 (0.875)
16
World Journal of Gastroenterology
13 (0.875)
17
Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology
12 (0.808)
18
Frontiers in Genetics
11 (0.740)
19
Annals of Surgical Oncology
10 (0.673)
20
Frontiers in Pharmacology
10 (0.673)
21
Oncology Letters
10 (0.673)
22
PLOS One
10 (0.673)
23
Surgical Endoscopy
10 (0.673)
24
Other journals, n = 768
1042 (70.121)
Table 7 Rank and record count of journals that published articles that cited the 100 articles published in World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery in 2019-2020, n (%)
Rank
Publication title
Record count
1
Frontiers in Oncology
13 (2.754)
2
Surgical Endoscopy
13 (2.754)
3
Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques
13 (2.754)
4
Cancers
12 (2.542)
5
Cureus
11 (2.331)
6
HPB
10 (2.119)
7
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
10 (2.119)
8
Langenbeck’s Archives of Surgery
10 (2.119)
9
Journal of Clinical Medicine
9 (1.907)
10
Diseases of the Esophagus
8 (1.695)
11
Updates in Surgery
8 (1.695)
12
World Journal of Clinical Cases
7 (1.483)
13
BMJ Case Reports
6 (1.271)
14
Frontiers in Surgery
6 (1.271)
15
Annals of Coloproctology
5 (1.059)
16
BMC Surgery
5 (1.059)
17
Egyptian Journal of Surgery
5 (1.059)
18
Indian Journal of Surgery
5 (1.059)
19
Scientific Reports
5 (1.059)
20
Annals of Coloproctology
4 (0.847)
21
Cureus Journal of Medical Science
4 (0.847)
22
Other journals, n = 320
303 (64.195)
Table 8 Rank and record count of journals that published articles that cited the 1263 articles published in World Journal of Clinical Cases in 2019-2020, n (%)
Rank
Publication title
Record count
1
Cureus
63 (1.651)
2
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
54 (1.415)
3
Journal of Clinical Medicine
44 (1.153)
4
Medicine
39 (1.022)
5
Medicine Hagerstown
39 (1.022)
6
Frontiers in Oncology
36 (0.944)
7
Cancers
31 (0.813)
8
World Journal of Gastroenterology
30 (0.786)
9
Cureus Journal of Medical Science
29 (0.760)
10
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
29 (0.760)
11
Scientific Reports
29 (0.760)
12
BMJ Case Reports
24 (0.629)
13
Diagnostics
24 (0.629)
14
Diagnostics Basel Switzerland
24 (0.629)
15
Nutrients
23 (0.603)
16
PLOS One
22 (0.577)
17
BMC Gastroenterology
20 (0.524)
18
Frontiers in Medicine
20 (0.524)
19
American Journal of Translational Research
19 (0.498)
20
Abdominal Radiology
18 (0.472)
21
Abdominal Radiology New York
18 (0.472)
22
Biomedicines
16 (0.419)
23
Cells
16 (0.419)
24
Frontiers in Immunology
16 (0.419)
25
Other journals, n = 2274
3132 (82.097)
Citation: Wang JL, Li X, Fan JR, Yan JP, Gong ZM, Zhao Y, Wang DM, Ma L, Ma N, Guo DM, Ma LS. Integrity of the editing and publishing process is the basis for improving an academic journal’s Impact Factor. World J Gastroenterol 2022; 28(43): 6168-6202