Table 1 Distribution in mean percentages and ranking of the first thirty occurrences of metaterms in the BMJ, JAMA, Lancet and NEJM for the years 1997, 2002 and 2007 cumulated
From: How are the different specialties represented in the major journals in general medicine?
Specialties | BMJ | JAMA | LANCET | NEJM | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | % | R | % | R | % | R | % | R | % | R |
Cardiology | 4.17% | 2 | 6.49% | 2 | 6.50% | 2 | 9.15% | 1 | 6.56% | 1 |
Neurology | 5.90% | 3 | 5.66% | 3 | 6.92% | 1 | 6.14% | 3 | 6.24% | 2 |
Environment and public health | 6.68% | 1 | 6.53% | 1 | 6.48% | 3 | 2.81% | 12 | 5.66% | 3 |
Cancerology | 2.70% | 8 | 3.38% | 8 | 5.17% | 6 | 7.85% | 2 | 4.85% | 4 |
Infectious diseases | 3.20% | 5 | 4.05% | 5 | 5.46% | 4 | 5.31% | 5 | 4.59% | 5 |
Epidemiology | 5.62% | 4 | 5.13% | 4 | 5.33% | 5 | 1.92% | 16 | 4.54% | 6 |
Allergy and immunology | 2.42% | 14 | 2.32% | 14 | 4.97% | 7 | 5.61% | 4 | 3.97% | 7 |
Vascular medicine and surgery | 2.04% | 9 | 2.97% | 9 | 3.50% | 8 | 5.07% | 6 | 3.42% | 8 |
Hematology | 1.73% | 13 | 2.43% | 13 | 3.28% | 9 | 4.46% | 7 | 3.01% | 9 |
Surgery | 2.53% | 10 | 2.82% | 10 | 2.39% | 14 | 3.55% | 10 | 2.79% | 10 |
Gastroenterology | 1.83% | 22 | 1.81% | 22 | 3.19% | 10 | 3.89% | 9 | 2.75% | 11 |
Psychiatry | 4.03% | 6 | 3.88% | 6 | 2.16% | 17 | 1.30% | 24 | 2.75% | 12 |
Pulmonary disease | 1.87% | 15 | 2.22% | 15 | 2.48% | 13 | 4.03% | 8 | 2.65% | 13 |
Genetics | 2.03% | 17 | 2.04% | 17 | 2.72% | 12 | 2.95% | 11 | 2.47% | 14 |
Pediatrics | 2.38% | 18 | 2.00% | 18 | 2.83% | 11 | 2.18% | 14 | 2.40% | 15 |
Information science | 3.68% | 7 | 3.43% | 7 | 1.90% | 19 | 0.79% | 32 | 2.37% | 16 |
Economics | 3.20% | 11 | 2.77% | 11 | 1.73% | 22 | 1.22% | 26 | 2.17% | 17 |
Gynecology | 2.43% | 20 | 1.96% | 20 | 2.24% | 15 | 1.85% | 17 | 2.14% | 18 |
Obstetrics | 2.45% | 19 | 2.00% | 19 | 2.20% | 16 | 1.82% | 18 | 2.13% | 19 |
Endocrinology | 1.35% | 30 | 1.40% | 30 | 1.93% | 18 | 2.64% | 13 | 1.85% | 20 |
Rheumatology | 1.50% | 26 | 1.59% | 26 | 1.73% | 21 | 2.15% | 15 | 1.75% | 21 |
Toxicology | 1.73% | 21 | 1.81% | 21 | 1.88% | 20 | 0.89% | 30 | 1.59% | 22 |
Risk management | 1.95% | 16 | 2.16% | 16 | 0.99% | 31 | 1.30% | 23 | 1.53% | 23 |
Nutrition | 1.40% | 25 | 1.65% | 25 | 1.66% | 23 | 1.33% | 22 | 1.52% | 24 |
Law | 3.00% | 27 | 1.49% | 27 | 0.95% | 32 | 0.51% | 40 | 1.45% | 25 |
Ethics | 1.80% | 28 | 1.47% | 28 | 1.43% | 25 | 1.10% | 28 | 1.45% | 26 |
Forensic medicine | 2.96% | 29 | 1.41% | 29 | 0.94% | 33 | 0.39% | 44 | 1.39% | 27 |
Education | 2.15% | 12 | 2.51% | 12 | 0.60% | 37 | 0.71% | 33 | 1.38% | 28 |
Urology | 0.98% | 33 | 1.05% | 33 | 1.25% | 26 | 1.80% | 19 | 1.28% | 29 |
Addiction | 1.90% | 23 | 1.76% | 23 | 1.04% | 30 | 0.55% | 38 | 1.27% | 30 |