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Table 1 Top ten subject areas with median IFs and number of publications per area (Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Report 2013)

From: Publication activities of German junior researchers in academic medicine: which factors impact impact factors?

Subject area

Median IF

Number of publications

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging

1.68

327

Surgery

1.37

254

Oncology

2.69

155

Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems

2.20

129

Clinical Neurology

2.18

99

Gastroenterology & Hepatology

2.39

84

Orthopaedics

1.58

81

Urology & Nephrology

1.85

79

Medicine, Research & Experimental

2.15

77

Psychiatry

2.07

73