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Table 1 The first ten journals among the top surgery journals by impact factor that required trial registration in the author instructions

From: Surgical trials and trial registers: a cross-sectional study of randomized controlled trials published in journals requiring trial registration in the author instructions

Journal

Country

Impact factor (JCR 2011)

Annals of Surgery

USA

7.492

American Journal of Transplantation

USA

6.394

Endoscopy

Germany

5.210

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

UK

4.764

British Journal of Surgery

UK

4.606

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

USA

4.549

Archives of Surgery (JAMA Surgery since 1 January 2013)

USA

4.422

Surgical Endoscopy

Germany

4.013

Transplantation

USA

4.003

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

USA

3.929