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Table 1 Characteristics of the reviewed original articles (n = 139) published in the Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute, in the period from 2011 to 2016

From: Pitfalls in scientific research: critical appraisal of articles published in one of the international journals in Egypt

Item

Number (%)

Specialty

Clinical pathology

57 (41.0)

Medical oncology

32 (23.0)

Surgical oncology

28 (20.1)

Radiation oncology

14 (10.1)

Pediatric oncology

6 (4.3)

Others (Epidemiology and Pharmacology)

2 (1.4)

Centers

Mentioned

123 (88.5)

 

 Single center

113 (91.9)

 Two centers

9 (7.3)

 More than two centres

1 (0.8)

 

Not mentioned

16 (11.5)

Publication year

2011

23 (16.5)

2012

23 (16.5)

2013

25 (18.0)

2014

27 (19.4)

2015

21 (15.1)

2016

20 (14.4)