Research status of literatures on Alzheimer disease published at home and abroad from 2008 to 2012
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-9026.2013.08.031
- VernacularTitle:2008-2012年阿尔茨海默病国内外文献分布和研究状况分析
- Author:
Li MENG
;
Chunbo DUAN
;
Jing SHI
;
Pulin YU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Alzheimer disease;
Bibliometrics
- From:
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics
2013;32(8):902-905
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the distribution and research status of literatures on Alzheimer disease (AD) published recently,to compare the differences in the research papers on AD between China and foreign countries,and to provide bibliometrics data for Alzheimer disease research.Methods Using bibliometrics methods,the characteristics and contents of Alzheimer disease research documents were analyzed in Pubmed database and Wanfang web by analysis tools.Research status of Alzheimer disease including the type of literatures and journal distribution from 2008 to 2012 was analyzed.Currently hot topics or top high frequency words were emphatically analyzed.Results There were 646 matched literatures for Alzheimer disease retrieved in Chinese core periodicals,and 19 423 literatures in Pubmed database.The articles for clinical study of Alzheimer disease were more than experimental and epidemiologic study among the 646 literatures.The disciplines distribution of AD in Chinese core journals was similar to international journals,mainly including nerves,brain,and geriatrics journals.The domestic research papers on Alzheimer disease were less than 5％ in Pubmed database,and the articles from Chinese journals in Chinese or English edition accounted for only a small proportion of Pubmed database.The recent research direction of Alzheimer disease in China was similar to foreign countries such as amyloid proteins,diagnosis and gene,but foreign research paid more attention to the metabolism,image and the aging mechanism in AD,while in China there were quite a lot of reports in the literatures on cholinergic drugs,tau protein,hippocampus and Chinese herbal treatments.Conclusions The AD-related disciplines distribution in China and foreign country is relatively fixed in recent 5 years.The AD researches carried out in China are close to those in foreign country,but researches on some areas still lag behind.The experimental and epidemiologic study on AD should be strengthen in China.
