Volume 70, Issue 11, Pages 1995-2005 (December 2006) Lost in publication: Half of all renal practice evidence is published in non-renal journals  A.X. Garg, A.V. Iansavichus, M. Kastner, L.A. Walters, N. Wilczynski, K.A. McKibbon, R.C. Yang, F. Rehman, R.B. Haynes  Kidney International  Volume 70, Issue 11, Pages 1995-2005 (December 2006) DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5001896 Copyright © 2006 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Studies relevant to the care of patients with kidney conditions appeared in 466 different journals. Of the 2779 studies, 1351 (49%) were published in the top 20 journals ranked by publication frequency*, whereas the remaining 1428 (51%) studies were published across another 446 journals. *The journals which published the highest number of studies are presented in Table 1. Kidney International 2006 70, 1995-2005DOI: (10.1038/sj.ki.5001896) Copyright © 2006 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 A visual map presenting journals which published studies in five renal topic areas – acute kidney injury, kidney transplantation, chronic hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis, chronic kidney disease and glomerulonephritis, and pediatric nephrology. The thickness of each line is the proportional to the number of studies published in each journal. A journal had to contribute more than five articles to atleast one renal topic to be presented in the map. Kidney International 2006 70, 1995-2005DOI: (10.1038/sj.ki.5001896) Copyright © 2006 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions