Table 4

Top 10 journals featuring the most US government-funded cancer research articles, with and without media coverage

JournalTotal funded articles in 2016 (% of total articles)Funded articles with media coverage (% of articles in journal)Funded articles without media coverage (% of articles in journal)
1 Cancer Research 292 (2.6)88 (30.1)204 (69.9)
2 PLOS One 190 (1.7)20 (10.5)170 (89.5)
3 Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences (PNAS) 179 (1.6)84 (46.9)95 (53.1)
4 Oncotarget 151 (1.3)2 (1.3)149 (98.7)
5 Blood 149 (1.3)40 (26.8)109 (73.2)
6 The Journal of Biological Chemistry 147 (1.3)10 (6.8)137 (93.2)
7 Scientific Reports 145 (1.3)25 (17.2)120 (82.8)
8 International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 125 (1.1)27 (21.6)98 (78.4)
9 Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 118 (1.0)10 (8.5)108 (91.5)
10 International Journal of Cancer 112 (1.0)13 (11.6)99 (88.4)