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Table 5 Distribution of top 10 cited journals for health economics research

From: Global trends in the scientific research of the health economics: a bibliometric analysis from 1975 to 2022

Rank

Cited journal

Frequency

Centrality

Burst

Sigma

JIF

1

British Medical Journal

381

0

20.22

1

17.215

2

The New England Journal of Medicine

306

0

8.29

1

176.082

3

The Lancet

257

0

-

1

202.731

4

The Journal of the American Medicinal Association

251

0

-

1

157.375

5

Health Economics

242

0

-

1

2.395

6

Pharmacoeconomics

211

0

8.67

1

4.579

7

Journal of Health Economics

194

0

-

1

3.804

8

American Economic Review

175

0

-

1

11.490

9

Social Science & Medicine

168

0

-

1

5.379

10

Value Health

144

0

13.15

1

5.156

  1. Note: JIF Journal Impact Factor according to Journal Citation Reports 2021; Since 2013 British Medical Journal transformed in BMJ – British Medical Journal and its JIF is 96.216
  2. Source: Authors