Citation analysis of papers in Chinese Journal of Geriatrics from the year 2008 to 2012
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-9026.2014.08.030
- VernacularTitle:《中华老年医学杂志》2008-2012年载文被引分析
- Author:
Jing SHI
;
Chunbo DUAN
;
Li MENG
;
Pulin YU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Bibliometrics;
Journal articles
- From:
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics
2014;33(8):920-923
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To analyze the citation of papers published in Chinese Journal of Geriatrics from the year 2008 to 2012,and evaluate the quality and academic level of the journal.Methods Based on the information from Wanfang database,bibliometric analysis was conducted to analyze number of cited papers,citation frequency,citation time distribution,authors,funds supports etc,and immediacy index and citation half-life were calculated.Results A total of 1567 papers were published in the journal from the year 2008 to 2012,and 377 articles were cited for 669 times with citation rate of 24.06%.The average number of cited times was 1.77,and the top value per article cited was 18 times.There were 12 authors whose articles were cited 6 and over times,and 11 affiliations whose articles were cited more than 10 times.Among 377 papers,105 papers (27.85%) were supported by funds,among which the majority was provincial fund (36 papers) and national fund (35 papers).Immediacy index from the year 2008 to 2012 were 0.042,0.032,0.019,0.067 and 0.006,respectively,and the citation half-life was 1.71 in the year 2012.Conclusions Articles published in Chinese Journal of Geriatrics have high-quality and can reflect the development and research progress in geriatric medicine.The journal is one of the most important information resources in geriatric academic field in China.