A bibliometric analysis of SCI publications on traditional Chinese medicine by researchers from China, Japan, and Korea
10.7501/j.issn.0253-2670.2017.06.033
- Author:
Ju-Hong LIU
1
Author Information
1. Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Bibliometric analysis;
China;
Integrative and complementary medicine;
Japan;
Korea;
Pharmacology/ pharmacy;
SCI;
Scientific international collaborations;
Traditional Chinese medicine
- From:
Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs
2017;48(6):1255-1261
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
A bibliometric analysis was performed on Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) from the aspects of the amounts of publications and citations, language, journals, subject categories, organizations, and international collaborations. The amounts of total publications and citations of China have largely exceeded Japan and Korea, and the amounts of citations per article are close to each other. More than 97% of papers are written in English. The impact factors of Top 10 journals sorted by number of publications are from 1 to 3. The most appear categories are integrative & complementary medicine, pharmacology & pharmacy, and chemistry. Pharmacology pharmacy, chemistry, and biochemistry molecular biology are the Top 3 subjects that sorted by the number of publications of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Both the amount of publications and citations of the Top 3 subjects are bigger than the subject of integrative complementary medicine. Chinese academy of science and comprehensive universities, whose amount of publications and citations per article are generally higher than universities of TCM, are important participants in the research of TCM. The rate of international collaboration of China is lower than those in Japan and Korea. The number of citations per article of international collaboration publications is higher than domestic publications. The research ability of scientists from China, Japan, and Korea is close to each other in the subject of TCM. But China has advantages in the amount of publications and citations. For TCM, the development of pharmacology pharmacy is ahead of therapeutic method. Compared with Chinese academy of science and comprehensive universities, TCM universities need to improve their scientific performance. Because the international scientific collaboration is insufficient, scientific international collaborations need to be strengthened by researchers from China.
