The journals that published the top-cited inflammatory bowel disease articles included in the study, the journal impact factor (JIF) and the number of papers published and reference number
| Journal* | 2016 JIF | Number of papers published (references) |
| New England Journal of Medicine | 72.406 | 1225 26 30 31 46 47 49 50 52 56 57 67 |
| Gastroenterology | 18.392 | 1223 35 36 38 40 53 58 60 63 66 68 69 |
| Nature | 40.137 | 420 21 27 33 |
| Nature Genetics | 27.959 | 434 45 51 54 |
| The Lancet | 47.831 | 224 37 |
| Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 9.661 | 232 42 |
| Cell | 30.410 | 222 44 |
| Gut | 16.658 | 441 59 62 64 |
| British Medical Journal | 20.785 | 128 |
| Science | 37.205 | 129 |
| Human Pathology | 3.014 | 139 |
| Laboratory Investigation | 4.857 | 148 |
| Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology | 2.147 | 143 |
| Nature Reviews Immunology | 39.932 | 155 |
| Medicine (Baltimore) | 1.804 | 161 |
| Journal of Immunology | 4.856 | 165 |
*Gastroenterology-related journals (Gastroenterology and Gut) only published 16 (32%) articles out of the top highly cited 50 articles.