Bibliometric analysis of scientific publications on waterpipe (narghile, shisha, hookah) tobacco smoking during the period 2003-2012

Table 2 Ranking top 10 journals in which waterpipe tobacco smoking related articles were published based on impact factors

SCR^a	Journal	Frequency	IF (2012)*
1^st	Nicotine and Tobacco Research	19 (5.7)	2.477
2^nd	Tobacco Control	11 (3.3)	4.111
3^rd	Food and Chemical Toxicology	11 (3.3)	3.010
4^th	BMC Public Health	9 (2.7)	2.076
5^th	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	8 (2.4)	2.610
6^th	Addictive Behaviors	6 (1.8)	2.021
6^th	Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association	6 (1.8)	0.409
6^th	Revue Des Maladies Respiratoires	6 (1.8)	0.495
9^th	Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention	5 (1.5)	1.271
9^th	American Journal of Public Health	5 (1.5)	3.930

Abbreviations: SCR Standard Competition Ranking, IF impact factor.
^aEqual journals have the same ranking number, and then a gap is left in the ranking numbers.
*The impact factor was reported according to Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) journal citation reports (JCR) 2012.

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