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Scoping Review and Bibliometric Analysis of the Most Influential Publications in Achalasia Research from 1995 to 2020

Table 4

Journals with two or more articles of the top-100 cited articles.

RankJournalNo. of articles (%)Total no. of citationsAverage no. of citations per paperCiteScore (2019)IF (2019)ESI (2019)ES (2019)AIS (2019)Country

1Annals of Surgery1530012001510.1338.880.061483.163USA
2Gastroenterology12273820824.717.37370.380.104196.591UK
3aGut9199522232.219.81962.440.071415.915UK
3bAmerican Journal of Gastroenterology9172319910.210.17145.160.037573.763Germany
4Neurogastroenterology and Motility620763466.12.94614.520.01180.897UK
5Surgical Endoscopy572714563.14913.260.032860.879Germany
6aJournal of the American College of Surgeons46131537.84.5922.650.026181.794Netherlands
6bJournal of Gastrointestinal Surgery45791454.12.57312.210.015020.892Germany
6cJAMA Surgery453513414.713.625280.038344.675USA
7aNew England Journal of Medicine3140746966.174.699255.270.661831.294USA
7bEndoscopy313954657.47.34121.370.015642.061Germany
7cJournal of the American Medical Association353517826.345.54140.260.2904921.694USA
8aJournal of Clinical Gastroenterology238519352.97314.070.00930.913USA
8bClinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology23071549.58.54929.310.037322.736UK
8cDigestive Diseases and Sciences22421215.12.75111.400.019510.792USA
8dWorld Journal of Surgery22371194.52.23412.370.020950.814Germany
8eGastrointestinal Endoscopy22191157.36.8923.330.0281.891USA

IF: impact factor; ESI: Essential Science Indicators; ES: Eigenfactor™ score; AIS: Article Influence Score. The average number of citations was rounded to the nearest integer number. JAMA Surgery: the journal name was Archives of Surgery before 2015.