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Table 4 Top 20 journals with the highest number of original and review articles on aromatherapy published between 1995 and 2014 (N = 549)

From: A bibliometric analysis of two decades of aromatherapy research

Rank

Journal

Web of Science subject category

No. of cited articles

%

TGCS

Citations/article

Impact factora (quartile)

1

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Integrative and complementary medicine

31

5.6

315

10.2

1.585 (2)

2

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Integrative and complementary medicine

27

4.9

1029

38.1

1.545 (2)

3

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Integrative and complementary medicine

21

3.8

92

4.4

1.880 (2)

4

Phytotherapy Research

Chemistry, medicinal

9

1.6

658

73.1

2.660 (2)

5

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Medicine, general and internal

8

1.5

118

14.8

6.032 (1)

6

Natural Product Communications

Food science and technology

8

1.5

80

10.0

0.906 (3)

7

Contact Dermatitis

Dermatology

7

1.3

246

35.2

3.747 (1)

8

International Journal of Neuroscience

Neurosciences

7

1.3

296

42.3

1.521 (4)

9

Flavour and Fragrance Journal

Food science and technology

6

1.1

44

7.3

1.970 (2)

10

Journal of Applied Entomology

Entomology

6

1.1

17

2.8

1.650 (2)

11

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Food science and technology

6

1.1

44

7.3

0.787 (3)

12

Palliative Medicine

Medicine, general and internal

6

1.1

252

42.0

2.855 (1)

13

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Integrative and complementary medicine

5

0.9

25

5.0

2.020 (2)

14

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Integrative and complementary medicine

5

0.9

22

4.4

1.079 (3)

15

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Medicine, general and internal

5

0.9

2

0.4

0.634 (4)

16

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Integrative and complementary medicine

5

0.9

67

13.4

2.998 (1)

17

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing

Nursing

5

0.9

20

4.0

0.380 (4)

18

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing

Nursing

5

0.9

12

2.4

0.943 (3)

19

Phytomedicine

Chemistry, medicinal

5

0.9

163

32.6

3.126 (1)

20

Supportive Care in Cancer

Rehabilitation

5

0.9

72

14.4

2.364 (1)

 

Median

76

10.1

1.765

  1. TGCS total global citation score = total number of citations received
  2. Citations/article = TGCS/number of articles
  3. aImpact factors were obtained from the 2015 release of Journal Citation Reports Science Edition with 2014 data