Table 2

- Top 20 target medical research journals for researchers in Arab countries have published their work (ranked in descending order by number of publications in the journal with at least one author affiliated with one of the Arab countries, out of a total of 4261 journals).

RanksJournal namesPublication sourcesPublications (n)Times cited (n)JIF quartileJournal IF*5 year IFCitation impact
1Saudi Journal of Biological SciencesSaudi Arabia1,85216,266Q24.054.258.78
2PLOS OneUnited States of America1,82818,911Q23.754.0710.35
3Scientific ReportsEngland1,81223,790Q25.005.5213.13
4International Journal of Biological MacromoleculesNetherlands1,38135,078Q18.037.6325.40
5BioMed Research InternationalUnited States of America8276,321Q33.253.777.64
6Saudi Medical JournalSaudi Arabia7723,650Q41.422.124.73
7Biomedicine & PharmacotherapyFrance74614,528Q17.426.5819.47
8Bioorganic ChemistryUnited States of America74013,341Q15.315.3218.03
9Saudi Pharmaceutical JournalSaudi Arabia7136,897Q24.565.099.67
10Frontiers in MicrobiologySwitzerland60910,194Q16.066.8416.74
11PharmaceuticsSwitzerland6085,577Q16.537.239.17
12HealthcareSwitzerland5651,600Q23.163.462.83
13Antibiotics-BaselSwitzerland5383,755Q15.225.406.98
14Journal of Infection and Public HealthEngland5217,300Q17.546.2114.01
15Journal of Drug Delivery Science and TechnologyFrance5194,665Q25.064.628.99
16Frontiers in PharmacologySwitzerland5197,737Q15.996.4614.91
17Life SciencesEngland4936,791Q16.786.0413.77
18PharmaceuticalsSwitzerland4802,376Q15.225.714.95
19Computational Intelligence and NeuroscienceUnited States of America4731,930Q23.123.884.08
20Natural Product ResearchEngland4673,129Q32.492.516.70

JIF: journal impact factor, IF: impact factor, Q: quartile

  • * Journal impact factor source: Journal Citation Reports (2021).

  • Citation impact is times cited divided by publications number from the same journal.