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The Most Frequently Read Articles of 2019

Phil Lupo, Anne Victoria Neale, Marjorie A. Bowman and Dean A. Seehusen
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2020, 33 (4) 491-494; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.04.200243

2019 was the 32nd year of print and 17th year of online publication of the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine (JABFM). Here we provide our annual report of articles published in 2019 that were of greatest interest to our readers.

Table 1 shows the 3 most frequently read articles by issue in 2019 from Volume 32. Once again, original research proves to be the most-read type of article. In Table 2, we provide the 20 most frequently read articles in 2019 from all volumes (Volume 1 to 32). Historically, clinical articles tend to be the most read.

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Table 1.

The Three Most Frequently Read Articles in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 2019, Volume 32, by Issue

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Table 2.

The 20 Most Frequently Read Articles in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine in 2019, 1988 to 2019, Volumes 1 to 32

As always, we welcome reader feedback about published articles. Letters to the editor can also be submitted for peer review and publication using the author portal.

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