Table 3 Mean impact factor of articles published in journals included in the "Infectious Diseases" category of "Journal Citation Report" database and indexed by Pubmed, from different world regions, for the period 1995–2002.

3.08

3.44

3.12

3.26

3.47

3.60

3.71

3.54

3.42 (2.29 3.51 4.21)

2.88

3.71

2.91

3.00

3.29

3.48

3.49

3.43

3.28 (2.08 3.20 4.18)

2.69

3.17

3.01

2.84

2.75

3.53

3.28

2.99

3.05 (1.79 2.80 4.18)

2.83

2.87

3.12

2.46

3.00

2.87

3.01

2.90

2.89 (1.63 2.20 4.18)

2.62

3.13

2.69

2.84

2.87

2.97

2.70

3.14

2.89 (1.77 2.63 4.04)

2.46

2.91

2.56

2.68

2.85

2.97

3.02

2.89

2.82 (1.41 2.36 3.93)

2.77

3.23

2.80

2.85

2.28

2.57

2.32

2.59

2.61 (1.35 2.52 4.03)

2.28

2.61

2.37

2.47

2.46

2.44

2.41

2.47

2.44 (1.34 2.01 3.24)

1.69

2.12

2.12

1.83

2.15

2.26

1.89

1.77

1.96 (1.20 1.58 2.29)

2.77

3.17

2.83

2.93

3.06

3.18

3.21

3.10