Which journals publish the most articles on searching research?
I investigated the journal sources of 525 unique articles on searching, by searching Google Scholar and TRIP database for articles on systematic database searching, and also from the outputs of two UK-based search researchers. Here are the ‘top 10’ (well, 11) – their representation ranged from 7.5% down to 1% of the relevant articles.
The top 11 journals
The most frequent journal source was Journal of Clinical Epidemiology – international, open access
Health Information and Libraries Journal – publication of the CILIP Health Libraries Group
Research Synthesis Methods – international
BMC Medical Research Methodology – open access
Systematic Reviews – open access
BMJ Open – open access
Implementation Science – open access
Evidence Based Library and Information Practice – open access
Plos One – open access
Journal of the Medical Library Association – international, US-based
Journal of Academic Librarianship – international
Keep current: RSS feeds for these journals
Most are open access and provide RSS feeds
JCE https://www.jclinepi.com/current.rss
HILJ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/feed/14711842/most-recent
RSM https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/feed/17592887/most-recent
BMC MRM https://bmcmedresmethodol.biomedcentral.com/articles/most-recent/rss.xml
SR https://systematicreviewsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/most-recent/rss.xml
BMJ Open https://bmjopen.bmj.com/rss/current.xml
Implementation Science https://implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/most-recent/rss.xml
EBLIP – no RSS, can follow on Twitter
JMLA http://jmla.mlanet.org/ojs/jmla/gateway/plugin/WebFeedGatewayPlugin/rss
JAL https://www.journals.elsevier.com/the-journal-of-academic-librarianship/rss
