Top 200 Scientific Journals 1997 and 1998

                From the "Journal Citation Reports" published by ISI

       This list is not complete ! It contains only important journals from the natural
                      sciences,biomedicine and medicine

                 Rank       Impact      Factor     Immediacy           Journal Title
                           1997       1998         Index

                 1                37.796           42.929         4.708             ANNUAL REVIEW OF IMMUNOLOGY

                 2                38.854           40.361         6.128             NATURE GENETICS

                 3                40.782           39.000         2.846             ANNUAL REVIEW OF BIOCHEMISTRY

                 4                37.297           38.686         6.511             CELL

                 5                27.368           28.833         5.947             NATURE

                 6                27.766           28.660         6.062             NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

                 7                28.114           27.930         5.489             NATURE MEDICINE

                 8                24.676           24.386         4.785             SCIENCE

                 9                19.259           23.656         2.394             PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

                 10              21.952           23.023         3.625             ANNUAL REVIEW OF NEUROSCIENCE

                 11              18.133           22.904         2.370             CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

                 12                9.098           21.432         7.280             CA CANCER JOURNAL FOR CLINICIANS

                 13              19.000           21.386                               ANNU. REV. CELL DEV. BIOLOGY

                 14              23.017           21.017                               ENDOCRINE REVIEWS

                 15              15.132           20.800         1.250             ANNU. REV. PHARMACOL. TOXICOLOGY

                 16              20.820           20.518         3.302             IMMUNITY

                 17              18.286           20.228         3.723             CHEMICAL REVIEWS

                 18              18.153           19.900                               MICROBIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

                 19              18.868           19.067         3.633             GENES & DEVELOPMENT

                 20              17.021           19.000         1.500             ANNU. REV. PLANT PHYSIOL. MOL. BIOL

                 21              17.084          18.463          3.059             TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

                 22              18.33            18.332          0.750             ELECTROANALYSIS

                 23              11.00            17.800                                ADVANCES IN CATALYSIS

                 24              18.766          17.085          1.626             TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES

                 25              15.821          16.505          2.625             NEURON

                 26              14.384          15.882          2.284             JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

                 27              16.465          15.439          2.259             IMMUNOLOGY TODAY

                 28              19.303          14.781          1.333             PHARMACOLOGICAL REVIEWS

                 29                 --               13.963          1.562             MICROBIOL. MOL. BIOL. REV.

                 30              14.629          13.861          2.034             FASEB JOURNAL

                 31              12.294          13.630                                ANNUAL REVIEW OF GENETICS

                 32              10.782          13.563          2.582             NATURE STRUCTURE BIOLOGY

                 33              12.623          13.439          3.528             REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

                 34              8.079            13.250          4.000             ADVANCES IN CANCER RESEARCH

                 35              17.386          13.230          2.645             ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYSIOLOGY

                 36              12.643          13.171          2.774             EMBO JOURNAL

                 37              14.045          12.887          1.564             ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

                 38              12.005          12.785          2.320             JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

                 39              6.800            12.733          1.300             ADVANCES IN PHYSICS

                 40              10.814          11.935          3.446             TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

                 41              16.135          11.793          2.706             LANCET

                 42              9.709            11.757          1.815             PLANT CELL

                 43              9.978            11.313          2.851             TRENDS IN GENETICS

                 44              9.984            11.039          1.581             CURRENT OPINION IN GENETIC DEVELOPMENT

                 45              9.077            11.026          1.000             CURRENT OPINION IN IMMUNOLOGY

                 46              12.047          10.900          2.199             ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

                 47              10.244          10.869          1.670             AM. J. HUMAN GENETICS

                 48              11.403          10.730          2.052             J. NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

                 49              11.518          10.714          2.625             ADVANCES IN IMMUNOLOGY

                 50              6.773            10.370          1.700             SURFACE SCIENCE REPORTS

                 51              10.250          10.330          2.324             GASTROENTEROLOGY

                 52              12.323          10.148          1.260             TRENDS IN PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES

                 53              9.040            9.821            1.597             PROC. NAT. ACAD. SCIENCES OF THE USA

                 54              16.750          9.750                                  SOLID STATE PHYSICS

                 55              9.781            9.712            1.976             DEVELOPMENT

                 56              8.778            9.646                                  ANNUAL REVIEW OF MICROBIOLOGY

                 57              8.585            9.638            1.710             CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

                 58              9.618            9.636                                  ANNU. REV. ASTRONOMY ASTROPHYSICS

                 59              10.025          9.571            1.959             MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

                 60              9.258            9.522            3.522             JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AM. MED. ASSOC.

                 61              9.513            9.455            1.128             ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

                 62              10.751          9.398            1.585             ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY

                 63              9.667            9.315            1.559             JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

                 64              8.505            9.307            1.786             HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

                 65              9.762            9.173            1.406             CIRCULATION

                 66              9.421            9.105                                  QUARTERLY REVIEWS OF BIOPHYSICS

                 67              4.182            9.026                                  RECENT PROGRESS IN HORMONE RESEARCH

                 68              7.356            8.854                                  CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

                 69              7.870            8.850                                  CATALYSIS REV.-SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

                 70              8.118            8.800            1.077             BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES

                 71              7.071            8.735            1.434             TRENDS IN PLANT SCI.

                 72              7.509            8.690            1.000             CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURE BIOLOGY

                 73              8.675            8.459            1.248             DIABETES

                 74              17.667          8.412            2.875             PROGRESS IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

                 75              7.915            8.403            1.380             JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

                 76              9.507            8.372            0.971             BLOOD

                 77              8.426            8.370            0.964             CANCER RESEARCH

                 78              9.512            8.263            1.059             ANNU. REV. BIOPHYS. BIOMOL. STRUCT

                 79              8.926            8.256            1.274             MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

                 80              7.060            8.239            0.882             PSYCHOLOGICAL REVIEW

                 81              7.878            8.228            1.365             JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

                 82              7.401            8.085            2.804             NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

                 83              8.560            8.029            1.582             ANGEW. CHEMIE-INTERN. EDIT. ENGLISH

                 84              8.438            7.988            0.996             CIRCULATION RESEARCH

                 85              6.678            7.911            1.739             TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

                 86              6.667            7.855            1.748             CURRENT BIOLOGY

                 87              6.788            7.853            0.883             MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

                 88              7.633            7.850            1.160             STRUCTURE

                 89              5.474            7.727                                  ADV. ATOMIC MOL. OPTICAL PHYSICS

                 90              5.542            7.712            1.073             GENOME RESEARCH

                 91              7.053            7.580                                  BIOESSAYS

                 92              5.948            7.456                                  IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS

                 93              5.581            7.413                                  CEREBRAL CORTEX

                 94              6.704            7.282            1.388             J. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

                 95              7.111            7.250                                  FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

                 96              8.333            7.200            2.571             ADVANCES IN MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY

                 97              6.963            7.199            1.166             JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

                 98              6.937            7.166            0.916             JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

                 99              3.477            6.970                                  BIO-TECHNOLOGY

                 100             6.286           6.900                                  CEREBROVASC. BRAIN METAB. REVIEWS

                 101             7.188           6.867            3.000             REV. PHYSIOLOGY BIOCHEM. PHARMACOLOGY

                 102             6.167           6.766                                  ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

                 103             4.606           6.625                                  CRC CRITICAL REV. IN PLANT SCIENCES

                 104             6.695           6.479                                  JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH

                 105             5.585           6.429                                  ANNU. REV. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

                 106             5.818           6.400                                  ADVANCES IN ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

                 107             4.841           6.395            1.091             ANNUAL REVIEW OF PSYCHOLOGY

                 108             11.696         6.391                                  CRC CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOCHEMISTRY

                 109             6.121           6.361                                  J. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

                 110             6.038           6.346            1.500             PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN

                 111             11.553         6.250                                  BRAIN RESEARCH REVIEWS

                 112             2.706           6.229            1.562             J. PHYSICAL CHEMICAL REFERENCE DATA

                 113             4.558           6.226            2.040             INTERN. REV. CYTOL.-A SURVEY CELL BIOL.

                 114             7.667           6.200            1.077             REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

                 115             6.772           6.192            0.665             ONCOGENE

                 116             5.796           6.157                                  CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

                 117             6.047           6.128            1.190             PHYSICS TODAY

                 118             5.050           6.109            0.929             AIDS

                 119             6.080           6.089                                  MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE

                 120             5.605           6.086            1.423             MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

                 121             5.289           6.081                                  DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

                 122             6.501           6.043                                  AM. J. PATHOLOGY

                 123             6.140           6.017            1.177             PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

                 124             4.536           6.000                                  PROGRESS IN LIPID RESEARCH

                 125             4.191           5.969            0.729             SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

                 126             3.967           5.955                                  CRC CRITICAL REVIEWS IN IMMUNOLOGY

                 127             5.381           5.952                                  BRAIN

                 128             4.161           5.942            1.161             ANNUAL REVIEW OF MEDICINE

                 129             6.501           5.939                                  AM. J. PSYCHIATRY

                 130             6.670           5.936            1.688             CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

                 131             8.083           5.875            1.667             ADVANCES IN INORG. CHEM.

                 132             9.161           5.870            1.571             ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY

                 133             5.972           5.853            2.500             ADVANCES IN CHEM. PHYS.

                 134             5.821           5.828            1.080             JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

                 135             5.673           5.803            0.901             JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

                 136             5.804           5.765                                  PLANT JOURNAL

                 137             5.240           5.750            1.444             ADVANCES IN VIRUS RESEARCH

                 138             5.650           5.725            0.943             J . AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

                 139             5.000           5.688            1.039             PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY

                 140             4.575           5.641                                  J. CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOL.

                 141             9.099           5.631            1.683             PHYSICS REP.-REV. SECT. OF PHYS. LETTERS

                 142             5.849           5.621                                  HEPATOLOGY

                 143             4.311           5.611            0.632             NEUROIMAGE

                 144             6.323           5.575                                  HUMAN GENE THERAPY

                 145             5.836           5.524                                  J. CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM

                 146             5.000           5.500            0.944             ANNU. REV. EARTH PLANETARY SCI.

                 147             6.087           5.466                                  PHARMACOGENETICS

                 148             4.667           5.462            1.000             ALDRICHIM. ACTA

                 149             5.081           5.453            0.985             JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

                 150             5.256           5.438                                  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

                 151             4.921           5.428            0.726             MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY

                 152             5.996           5.418                                  GENE THERAPY

                 153             5.954           5.405                                  ANNALS OF SURGERY

                 154             4.781           5.385            1.031             ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

                 155             4.253           5.366                                  J. NEUROPATHOL. & EXP. NEUROLOGY

                 156             5.750           5.356            1.200             ANNUAL REVIEW OF ENTOMOLOGY

                 157             3.297           5.355                                  CRITICAL REVIEWS IN NEUROBIOLOGY

                 158             5.094           5.338                                  J. CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

                 159             4.994           5.325            2.029             BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL

                 160             5.249           5.291            0.758             MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

                 161             4.844           5.220                                  JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

                 162             4.705           5.211                                  AM. J. RESPIR. CRIT. CARE

                 163             4.828           5.153                                  CHEM. EUR. J.

                 164             5.857           5.130                                  ANNUAL REVIEW OF NUTRITION

                 165             4.546           5.111                                  GUT

                 166             4.379           5.101            1.350             JOURNAL OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY

                 167             5.868           5.000            1.767              PROGR. NUCLEIC ACID RES. MOL. BIOLOGY

                 168             5.667           5.000                                  SEMINARS IN LIVER DISEASE

                 169             5.347           4.986                                  DIABETOLOGIA

                 170             4.824           4.974                                  CRC CRITICAL REV.TOXICOL.

                 171             4.526           4.972            0.767             NEUROLOGY

                 172             5.099           4.966            0.789             JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

                 173             --                 4.953            1.125              TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

                 174             5.235           4.938            2.222             ADVANCES IN PARASITOLOGY

                 175             2.012           4.938                                  JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR GRAPHICS

                 176             5.663           4.897            1.029             BRAIN PATHOLOGY

                 177             5.250           4.887                                  INVEST. OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE

                 178             4.323           4.880            0.845             STROKE

                 179             4.188           4.878            1.239             NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

                 180             5.032           4.869                                  MOLECULAR MEDICINE

                 181             4.225           4.869                                  NEUROBIOLOGY AND DISEASE

                 182             5.318           4.861                                  MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT

                 183             3.900           4.822                                  ANNU. REV. ECOLOGY SYSTEMATICS

                 184             4.584           4.822                                  JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

                 185             1.692           4.812                                  CRIT. REV. THER. DRUG CARRIER SYSTEMS

                 186             5.089           4.799             0.721            TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

                 187             3.275           4.794                                  PROGR. BIOPHYSICS & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

                 188             2.162           4.756            1.172             MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

                 189             4.989           4.753                                  RADIOLOGY

                 190             4.375           4.750                                  CURRENT TOPICS IN CELLULAR REGULATION

                 191             10.049         4.738                                  HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING

                 192             3.482           4.729                                  EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES

                 193             3.160           4.727            0.873             JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

                 194             4.622           4.708            0.927             PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS

                 195             4.617           4.683                                  ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY

                 196             4.234           4.651                                  JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

                 197             4.348           4.633                                  ENDOCRINOLOGY

                 198             4.572           4.628                                  BIOCHEMISTRY USA

                 199             4.743           4.580                                  ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

                 200             5.116           4.571                                  MEDICINAL RESEARCH REVIEWS
                                          
                                                         3.550                          Virology 
                                           

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