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You can use this site as guidance where to submit research manuscripts. The tables include the top dozen journals (by impact factor) of research category; they exclude journals which only publish review papers. For the geographic distribution %-values are calculated from one single Reference issue. Click on the journal name for detailed information.

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This site was last updated on September 2006.

Prof. Dr. S. Endres

Basic Science and Cell Biology

	Journal	Impact factor 2009	Editorial office	Issues per month	Articles per month	% Articles from USA	% Articles from Europe
1	Cell	31.2	Cambridge, USA	2	26	82%	18%
2	Nature Medicine	27.5	New York, USA	1	12	67%	33%
3	Nature Cell Biology	17.7	London, UK	1	12	100	0%
4	Molecular Cell	12.9	Cambridge, USA	1	24	78%	22%
5	Developmental Cell	12.8	Cambridge, USA	1	12	44%	44%
6	Journal of Cell Biology	9.1	New York, USA	2	31	80%	20%
7	Embo Journal	8.2	New York, USA	2	23	21%	74%

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

	Journal	Impact factor 2008	Editorial office	Issues per month	Articles per month	% Articles from USA	% Articles from Europe
1	Cell	31.3	Cambridge, USA	2	20	44%	44%
2	Molecular Cell	12.9	Cambridge, USA	2	19	55%	20%
3	EMBO Journal	8.3	Heidelberg, Germany	2	72	44%	50%
4	FASEB Journal	7.0	New Haven, USA	1	17	53%	41%
5	Molecular and Cellular Biology	5.9	Washington, USA	2	74	79%	11%
6	Molecular Biology of the Cell	5.6	Bethesda, USA	1	33	52%	27%
7	Chemistry & Biology	5.6	Cambridge, USA	1	13	69%	15%
8	Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC)	5.5	Bethesda, USA	5	730	54%	26%
9	Molecular Microbiology	5.2	London, UK	2	36	20%	65%

Cardiology

	Journal	Impact factor 2008	Editorial office	Issues per month	Articles per month	% Articles from USA	% Articles from Europe
1	Circulation	14.6	Boston, USA	4	17	41%	41%
2	Journal of the American College of Cardiology	11.4	Washington, USA	2		51%	33%
3	Circulation Research	10.0	Baltimore, USA	2	20	60%	10%
4	European Heart Journal	8.9	London, UK	2	10	0%	88%
5	Cardiovascular Research	5.9	Giessen, Germany	1	1	27%	55%
6	Chest	5.2	Northbrook, USA	1	42	45%	35%
7	Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology	5.1	Cleveland, USA	1	14	50%	22%
8	The American Journal of Cardiology	3.9	Dallas, USA	2	54	37%	59%
9	Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation	3.3	Birmingham, USA	1		N/A	N/A
10	Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	3.0	Philadelphia, USA	1	37	38%	41%

Endocrinology and Metabolism

	Journal	Impact factor 2008	Editorial office	Issues per month	Articles per month	% Articles from USA	% Articles from Europe
1	Diabetes Care	7.3	Indianapolis, USA	1	36	58%	24%
2	Journal of Bone and Mineral Research	6.4	Durham, USA	1	17	41%	35%
3	Diabetologia	6.4	Bristol, UK	1	14	6%	76%
4	The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism	6.3	Chevy Chase, USA	1	60	41%	37%
5	Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism	5.7	Portland, USA	1	11	25%	50%
6	Molecular Endocrinology	5.4	Chevy Chase, USA	1	16	45%	36%
7	Free Radical Biology and Medicine	5.4	San Diego, USA	2	15	30%	40%
8	Endocrinology	4.9	Chevy Chase, USA	1	57	61%	11%

Experimental Medicine

	Journal	Impact factor 2008	Editorial office	Issues per month	Articles per month	% Articles from USA	% Articles from Europe
1	Nature Medicine	27.6	New York, USA	1	11	91%	9%
2	Journal of Clinical Investigation	16.6	New York, USA	1	24	59%	25%
3	Journal of Experimental Medicine	15.2	New York, USA	1	23	69%	8%
4	PLOS (Public Library of Science)	12.2
5	PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)	9.4	Washington, USA	4	216	66%	26%
6	FASEB Journal	7.0	Bethesda, USA	1	17	53%	41%
7	Molecular Therapy	6.0
8	Journal of Molecular Medicine	4.4	Berlin, Germany	1	6	17%	67%
9	Molecular Medicine	3.4	Manhasset, USA	1	7
10	Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine	2.8	Minneapolis, USA	1	4	50%	25%
11	Journal of Investigative Medicine	1.7	Baltimore, USA	0.5	4

Gastroenterology

	Journal	Impact factor 2008	Editorial office	Issues per month	Articles per month	% Articles from USA	% Articles from Europe
1	Gastroenterology	12.6	Bethesda, USA	1	24	55%	33%
2	Hepatology	11.6	Alexandria	1	20	30%	55%
3	Gut (International Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology)	9.8	London, UK	1	20	0%	90%
4	Gastrointestinal Endoscopy	7.4	St. Louis, USA	0.5	14	29%	14%
5	American Journal of Gastroenterology	6.4	Omaha, USA	1	18
6	Journal of Viral Hepatitis	3.3	London, UK	1	7	14%	58%
7	Diseases of the Colon & Rectum	2.6	New York, USA	1	16	19%	50%
8	Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology	2.0	Oslo, Norway	1	19
9	Digestive Diseases and Sciences	1.6	Pittsburgh, USA	1	30	30%	30%
10	Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics	1.2	London, UK	2	13	23%	61%

General and Internal Medicine

	Journal	Impact factor 2008	Editorial office	Issues per month	Articles per month	% Articles from USA	% Articles from Europe
1	New England Journal of Medicine	50.0	Boston, USA	4-5	14	50%	36%
2	Lancet	28.4	London, UK	4	40
3	Annals of Internal Medicine	17.5	Philadelphia, USA	2	8	75%	25%
4	British Medical Journal	12.8	London, UK	4	4	50%	25%
5	Archives of Internal Medicine	9.1	Chicago, USA	2	22	55%	27%
6	The American Journal of Medicine	5.1	Tucson, USA	1	54
7	Medicine	4.3	Baltimore, USA	0.5	4
8	Journal of Investigative Medicine	1.7	Baltimore, USA	0,5	2

Immunology

	Journal	Impact factor 2008	Editorial office	Issues per month	Articles per month	% Articles from USA	% Articles from Europe
1	Nature Immunology	25.1	New York, USA	1	8	62%	38%
2	Immunity	20.6	Cambridge, USA	1	7	43%	57%
3	The Journal of Experimental Medicine	15.2	New York, USA	1	24	50%	42%
4	Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology	9.8	Denver, USA	1	27	22%	44%
5	Journal of Immunology	6.0	Bethesda, USA	2	126	52%	28%
6	European Journal of Immunology	4.9	Weinheim, Germany	1	32	12%	67%
7	Journal of Leukocyte Biology	4.6	Bethesda, USA	1	21	34%	15%
8	Journal of Immunotherapy	3.7
9	Immunology	3.4	London, UK	1	36	36%	29%
10	International Immunology	3.2	Osaka, Japan	1	13	54%	8%
11	Human Immunology	3.1	New York, USA	1	18	22%	61%
12	Clinical and Experimental Immunology	2.9	London, UK	1	23	13%	53%
13	Immunologic Research	2.6	Jackson, USA	1	0	22%	61%
14	Autoimmunity	2.5

Infectious Diseases

	Journal	Impact factor 2008	Editorial office	Issues per month	Articles per month	% Articles from USA	% Articles from Europe
1	Clinical Infectious Dieseases	8.3	Boston, USA	2	17	65%	29%
2	Emerging Infectious Diseases	6.4	Atlanta, USA	1	19	42%	42%
3	The Journal of Infectious Diseases	5.7	Boston, USA	1	24	58%	30%
4	AIDS	5.5	London, UK	1-2	9	44%	44%
5	Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes	4.6	New York, USA	1/2	14	64%	29%
6	The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy	4.3	Birmingham, UK	1	20	30%	55%
7	Infection and Immunity	4.0	Washington, USA	2-4	73	45%	38%
8	AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses	2.0	New Rochelle, USA	1	11

Nephrology and Urology

	Journal	Impact factor 2008	Editorial office	Issues per month	Articles per month	% Articles from USA	% Articles from Europe
1	Journal of the American Society of Nephrology	7.5	Gainesville, USA	1	20	40%	40%
2	Kidney International	6.4	New York, USA	2-3	40	37%	40%
3	American Journal of Kidney Diseases	4.8	Boston, USA	1	20	48%	36%
4	The Journal of Urology	4.0	Linthicum, USA	1	10	50%	20%
5	Prostate	3.1	Hoboken, USA	1-2	9	64%	24%
6	Peritoneal Dialysis International	1.9	Toronto, Ontario MST, Canada	0.5	4.5	11%	67%

Oncology

	Journal	Impact factor 2005	Editorial office	Issues per month	Articles per month	% Articles from USA	% Articles from Europe
1	Journal of Clinical Oncology	17.2	Alexandria, USA	3	78	51%	44%
2	Journal of the National Cancer Institute	14.9	Bethesda, USA	2	12	100	0%
3	Blood	10.4	Washington, USA	2	100	42%	46%
4	Leukemia	8.6	Paris, France	1	30	13%	70%
5	Cancer Research	7.5	Philadelphia, USA	2	48	70%	12%
6	Oncogene	7.2	Edenburgh, UK	4-8	85	70%	18%
7	Clinical Cancer Research	6.5	Philadelphia, USA	2	38	50%	24%
8	Cancer	5.2	Houston, USA	1-2	68	50%	21%
9	British Journal of Cancer	4.8	London, UK	2	Vol. 85; Is
10	International Journal of Cancer	4.7	Heidelberg, Germany	2	40	15%	40%
11	British Journal of Haematology	4.5	Sauchie/Alloa, UK	2	27
12	Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer	3.9	Chicago, USA	1	11	27%	55%
13	Experimental Cell Research	3.9	Stockholm, Sweden	1-2	26	46%	15%
14	Experimental Hematology	3.2	Reno, USA	1	18	56%	22%
15	Cancer Gene Therapy	3.0	Altadena, USA	1	9	67%	11%

Pharmacology

	Journal	Impact factor 2008	Editorial office	Issues per month	Articles per month	% Articles from USA	% Articles from Europe
1	British Journal of Pharmacology	4.9	London, UK	2	29	10%	58%
2	Biochemical Pharmacology	4.8	Kansas City, USA	2	78
3	Molecular Pharmacology	4.7	San Diego, USA	1	28	53%	36%
4	Pharmacogenetics and Genomics	4.4	Chicago, USA/Stuttgard, Germany	1	8	38%	50%
5	The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics	4.3	Kansas City, USA	1	50	60%	19%
6	British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	3.1	London, UK	1	15	20%	67%
7	Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	3.1	New Ropchelle, USA	1	13
8	Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archieves of Pharamacology	2.8	Amsterdam, Netherlands	1	9
9	European Journal of Pharmacology	2.8	Utrecht, Netherlands	4	24	8%	25%
10	Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	1.2	London, UK	2-4	18	22%	56%

Pulmonary Medicine

	Journal	Impact factor 2008	Editorial office	Issues per month	Articles per month	% Articles from USA	% Articles from Europe
1	American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	9.8	New York, USA	2	32	50%	33%
2	Thorax	7.1	London, UK	1	12	0%	92%
3	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	4.5	New York, USA	1	16	56%	25%
4	Respiratory Research	3.9	London, UK	N/A	N/A	66%	34%

Rheumatology

	Journal	Impact factor 2008	Editorial office	Issues per month	Articles per month	% Articles from USA	% Articles from Europe
1	Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases	7.2	Nijmegan, Netherlands	1	13	8%	92%
2	Arthritis and Rheumatism	6.8	New York, USA	1	30	30%	47%
3	Arthritis Research & Therapy	4.5	London, UK	0.5	40	9%	64%
4	Rheumatology	4.1	London, UK	1	16	19%	56%