Number and per cent* of first/last authored publications from the USA, Canada, the UK, the Netherlands, Australia and ‘other’ countries, by journal, 2012–2021
| Impact factor (2018) | Acad Med | Med Educ | AHSE | Med Teach | BMC Med Educ | Total |
| 4.937 | 4.619 | 2.761 | 2.706 | 1.87 | ||
| USA | 1620 | 246 | 123 | 504 | 523 | 3016 |
| 72.7% | 20.6% | 16.7% | 23.7% | 14.3% | 30.3% | |
| (70.8%–74.5%) | (18.3%–22.9%) | (14.0%–19.4%) | (21.9%–25.5%) | (13.1%–15.4%) | (29.4%–31.2%) | |
| Canada | 347 | 299 | 169 | 278 | 220 | 1313 |
| 15.6% | 25.1% | 23.0% | 13.1% | 6.0% | 13.2% | |
| (14.1%–17.1%) | (22.6%–27.5%) | (20.0%–26.0%) | (11.6%–14.5%) | (5.2%–6.8%) | (12.5%–13.9%) | |
| UK | 48 | 197 | 68 | 368 | 366 | 1047 |
| 2.2% | 16.5% | 9.3% | 17.3% | 10.0% | 10.5% | |
| (1.6%–2.8%) | (14.4%–18.6%) | (7.2%–11.3%) | (15.7%–18.9%) | (9.0%–11.0%) | (9.9%–11.1%) | |
| Netherlands | 92 | 136 | 131 | 214 | 218 | 791 |
| 4.1% | 11.4% | 17.8% | 10.1% | 5.9% | 8.0% | |
| (3.3%–5.0%) | (9.6%–13.2%) | (15.1%–20.6%) | (8.8%–11.3%) | (5.2%–6.7%) | (7.4%–8.5%) | |
| Australia | 29 | 124 | 72 | 187 | 364 | 776 |
| 1.3% | 10.4% | 9.8% | 8.8% | 9.9% | 7.8% | |
| (0.8%–1.8%) | (8.7%–12.1%) | (7.6%–11.9%) | (7.6%–10.0%) | (9.0%–10.9%) | (7.3%–8.3%) | |
| Other | 93 | 190 | 172 | 575 | 1975 | 3005 |
| 4.2% | 15.9% | 23.4% | 27.0% | 53.9% | 30.2% | |
| (3.3%–5.0%) | (13.9%–18.0%) | (20.3%–26.5%) | (25.2%–29.0%) | (52.3%–55.5%) | (29.3%–31.1%) | |
| Total | 2229 | 1192 | 735 | 2126 | 3666 | 9948 |
*Percentages were calculated with a 95% CI
Acad Med, Academic Medicine; AHSE, Advances in Health Sciences Education; BMC Med Educ, BMC Medical Education; Med Educ, Medical Education; Med Teach, Medical Teacher.