Ratings of medical journals by family physician educators.

A survey asking respondents to rank journals related to medicine and to medical education was sent to a sample of members of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine to determine the prestige value of those journals. The participants were asked to rank from a list of more than 75 different medical and nonmedical journals those they considered to be among the top ten. The results indicate that a relatively small number of journals were ranked by the respondents. Six journals were designated as most prestigious by members of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine: The Journal of Family Practice, The New England Journal of Medicine, American Family Physician, The Journal of the American Medical Association, Annals of Internal Medicine, and the Journal of Medical Education. There was general agreement as to the value of certain journals regardless o participant's work area or major academic interest.