Table 1: Characteristics of the investigated journals.

 

Journal

Country

Impact factor

Price/year

 

 

2000

2004

2008

2013

Anaesthesia

UK

2.027

2.163

2.178

£ 169 (UK)

Anesthesia & Analgesia (A&A)

USA

2.321

2.180

2.590

$ 175 (Members)

Anästhesiologie & Intensivmedizin (A&I)

GER

0.647

0.642

Not listed

250.38 €

Anesthesiology

USA

3.439

4.055

5.124

$ 719 (US)

British Journal of Anaesthesia (BJA)

UK

1.989

2.469

2.920

619 €

Der Anaesthesist

GER

0.829

0.819

0.876

329 €