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Table 1 Overview on the 12 selected peer-reviewed journals analyzed in this study. Journal ranking1 and journal impact factors2 are derived from the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) database from 2006. Journal ranking was determined by the specific subject categories of Surgery* and Orthopedics§. The numbers of articles analyzed in this study are shown as the overall publications3 (including non-original articles) and as original articles exclusively4. Articles were assessed in all individual journals' volumes from 01/2000 to 12/2006.

From: Bias towards publishing positive results in orthopedic and general surgery: a patient safety issue?

Journal title

Journal ranking1

Impact factor2

Total number of articles analyzed3

Number of original papers analyzed4

Annals of Surgery

1*

7.678

1,835

1,277

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American)

4§

2.444

3,012

1,501

British Journal of Surgery

5*

4.092

2,607

1,258

Spine

5§

2.351

4,357

2,860

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (British)

11§

1.790

2,364

1,415

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

13§

1.670

1,270

494

Archives of Surgery

14*

3.058

2,254

1,026

Surgery

15*

2.977

2,714

1,404

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

16*

2.813

2,437

866

Journal of Trauma

38*

2.035

3,316

1,979

World Journal of Surgery

45*

1.765

2,144

1,326

Injury

76*

1.067

1,887

991

All journals

  

30,197

16,397

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