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TABLE 1 GENERAL STATISTICS: PRICES, CITES AND AGE
N o. of
journals
N F P
journals
(% )
P rices
C ites/journal
A g e
1. Biochemistry and molecular biology
2. Cell biology
3. Chemical, multidisciplinary
4. Chemistry, physical
5. Clinical neurology
6. Economics
7. Education and educational research
8. Engineering, chemical
9. Engineering, electrical and electronic
10. Law
11. Materials sciences, multidisciplinary
12. Mathematics, applied
13. Mathematics
14. Neuroscience
15. Pharmacy
16. Physics, applied
17. Physics, multidisciplinary
18. Plant science
19. Psychology, clinical
20. Psychology, multidisciplinary
21. Sociology
22. Surgery
261
156
123
101
134
169
92
119
205
102
177
153
174
198
185
76
68
136
83
101
93
141
(213)
(134)
(101)
(87)
(126)
(151)
(86)
(100)
(172)
(101)
(147)
(147)
(157)
(182)
(168)
(69)
(57)
(123)
(79)
(92)
(87)
(128)
18
27
55
19
19
40
45
27
54
78
22
20
36
18
19
40
50
49
33
41
47
17
F P
1343
1270
975
2389
646
613
523
1359
1049
385
1569
1344
1104
1322
1250
1791
1735
1038
458
444
367
516
N F P
768
556
566
1334
375
188
158
458
522
68
603
468
340
582
409
1150
1060
398
207
179
145
270
R
1.75
2.29
1.72
1.79
1.72
3.26
3.30
2.97
2.01
5.63
2.60
2.87
3.25
2.27
3.06
1.56
1.64
2.61
2.21
2.48
2.52
1.91
S
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
*
**
**
**
**
**
**
*
*
*
F P
5863
6172
1945
3737
3036
590
275
1540
595
423
2211
879
863
4278
2671
1979
4327
2111
802
597
278
3658
N F P
20330
7746
8952
7187
4370
1231
366
1802
2829
623
2697
1472
980
6958
4876
11073
9931
3266
2349
1766
734
3846
R
0.29
0.80
0.22
0.52
0.69
0.48
0.75
0.85
0.21
0.68
0.82
0.60
0.88
0.61
0.55
0.18
0.44
0.65
0.34
0.34
0.38
0.95
S
**
**
**
*
**
*
*
*
*
F P
23
22
29
29
26
30
30
30
25
33
22
25
36
24
24
24
45
33
25
27
30
32
N F P
29
26
43
25
33
47
46
36
28
51
22
30
51
31
39
31
39
54
34
46
47
48
R
0.79
0.83
0.68
1.18
0.80
0.63
0.66
0.85
0.90
0.64
1.03
0.84
0.70
0.79
0.62
0.78
1.16
0.62
0.73
0.58
0.65
0.67
S
*
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
*
Notes. FP = for profit; NFP = not for profit; R = ratio FP/NFP; S = significance level for testing that the means are equal; ** (or *) = equality
of means rejected at a probability level that is smaller than 1 % (or 5%); in other cases, equality of means cannot be rejected (level
larger than 5 %). No. of journals: the first number refers to journals in ISI, the second to those for which we could retrieve all the
information (prices, cites and age).
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