We are pleased to provide feedback about the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine (JABFM) articles published in 2012 that were of the greatest interest to our readers. Table 1 shows the 3 most frequently read articles by issue in 2012.1⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓–18 Clinical reviews and original research proved to be the most-read types of articles.
The 3 Most Frequently Read Articles in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine in 2012, by Issue
In addition, we provide an update on the usage statistics of our content over the last 7 years. Figure 1 illustrates the number of total access events for JABFM content from 2006 to 2012. The latter was the busiest year for online activity in the history of the JABFM, with an average of 290,000 monthly and a total of 3.49 million yearly content usage requests. Content activity was up 21% in 2012 compared with content usage requests during 2011, and when compared with 2006, a 149% increase is noted. Full-text articles were accessed most during 2012, with an average of 110,403 monthly requests, followed by abstracts, with 88,342 average monthly requests, and then PDF articles, with 49,836 average monthly requests.
The number of total access events for Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine content from 2006 to 2012. (Data source: Access events for content for the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, by year, by HighWire Press (updated monthly). Access events for content are based on hits received on the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine website only. Accessed March 15, 2013.)
As always, we welcome reader feedback about published articles. Comments about specific articles can be posted to the JABFM website by clicking on “Responses” in the middle column of the article.
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Conflict of interest: The authors are editors and staff of the JABFM.
