Using The Cochrane Library to Define Core Journals Utilizing Infectious Disease as an Example

摘要

Objective - To determine the core journals for clinical practice in infectious disease (ID) by examination of citations in The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR). Methods - References included in ID-related systematic reviews (SRs) of the CDSR were assessed to establish the journals that publish articles of high quality and clinical relevance. Results - 152 ID-related SRs cited 1374 articles published in 342 journals. 50% of the citations appeared in 28 journals and 51.5% of the journals were cited only once. The Lancet was most frequently cited, with 74 citations (5.4%). Conclusion - Studies of ID interventions are scattered over 300 journals.