Objective To analyze the literature distribution and research status of osteoporosis in the elderly published in Chinese Medical Association journals.Methods The literatures of elderly osteoporosis published in Chinese Medical Association journals from 2008 to 2013 were collected.And the publication year,distribution,content,institution and region of the literatures were analyzed.Results From 2008 to 2013,there were 76 articles about osteoporosis in the elderly published in 22 kinds of journals of the Chinese Medical Association.Among these journals,the Chinese Journal of Geriatrics-published elderly osteoporosis articles occupied the most number [28 (36.8％)].There were 21 articles published mostly in 2013 (27.6％),secondly in 2009 (17 articles,22.4％) and 2012 (12 articles,15.8％).The province or city that published more than 10 articles was Beijing (18 articles,23.7％),Zhejiang (13 articles,17.1％),Shanghai (10 articles,13.2％) and Guangdong (10 articles,13.2％).The institution that published most articles was Beijing Jishuitan Hospital (4articles,5.3％).The main contents of these literatures included the influencing factors,diagnosis,treatment strategy,bone metabolism and surgery treatment for elderly osteoporosis.Conclusions Chinese Medical Association journals are the important source to acquire osteoporosis literature for the medical workers.The distribution of journal is relatively concentrated,but the distribution of authors,institution is dispersed.Chinese Journal of Geriatrics publishes the most number of articles.The research of osteoporosis has attracted more attention.

Objective To analyze the structural,content and language characteristics of English abstract in domestic versus international geriatrics journals in order to promote international exchange in geriatric medicine research in our country.Methods In this paper,we analyzed the characteristics and contents of original articles published in 5 foreign journals (IF＞3.0) from Pubmed database (n=60) and 5 core (the source of statistics) domestic geriatric journals from Wanfang web during recent 3 years (n=61).Results Our survey showed that in the domestic geriatrics journals,the structured abstracts were used with inflexible four-heading and fixed leading words.In foreign geriatrics journals,however,non-structured abstracts were mostly applied in articles on basic research,and structured abstracts primarily appeared in clinical or survey research papers.Compared with foreign geriatrics journals,the shortages or some problems in English abstracts of the domestic geriatrics journals included a short writing,repetition of objective with title,lack of description of research background,improper description of results data,more passive voice,improper use of modal verbs.Conclusions The domestic geriatrics journals should learn the diverse forms of abstracts and content structure from foreign geriatrics journals,strengthen the elaboration of background and highlights,and use active voice in concordance with the international mainstream.

Objective To analyze the articles published in Chinese Journal of Geriatrics from 2008 to 2012 so as to understand the characteristics of published papers and research progress in geriatric medicine.Methods Based on Wanfang database,bibliometric analysis was conducted to analyze the quantity,types,authors,affiliations,fund support of all the articles published from 2008 to 2012 in Chinese Journal of Geriatrics.Results A total of 1567 papers were published in the journal from 2008 to 2012.The column with the most published papers was clinical research (1008 papers,64.3 ％),followed by experimental researches,reviews and lectures,investigations etc.The discipline with the most articles published in the journal was cardiovascular medicine,followed by surgery,neurology; respiratory etc.1356 authors from 506 affiliations published paper as the first author in the journal during this five years,with the maximal number being 7 papers and the major affiliation being affiliated hospitals of medical colleges (733 papers,49.3 ％).Authors from Beijing,Zhejiang,Jiangsu,Shanghai published more papers than those from other provinces.29.0％ (455papers) of the total papers were supported by fund,among which the majority was provincial fund,followed by national fund,municipal fund,ministry fund and military fund.Conclusions A relatively stable core author group has formed for Chinese Journal of Geriatrics,and the articles are of high quality.Chinese Journal of Geriatrics is one of the highest academic journals in geriatric medicine.

Objective To investigate the situation and development of international literatures on geriatrics and gerontology in mainland China.Methods The literatures on geriatrics and gerontology written by mainland Chinese scholars as the first author were selected from Thomson Scientific database in 1979-2011 period.Researches on basic theory,summary reports of clinical practice and reviews were collected.The quantity of published articles,article types,international cooperation research and funding programs,hospital rankings,as well as the 2011 geriatrics professional journals,thesis topic disciplines distribution and high-performance papers were analyzed by Thomson Data Analyzer software.Results From 1979 to 2011,the quantity of literatures written by Chinese scholars as the first author (not including Hong Kong,Macao and Taiwan regions) was 1927,including 1769 research articles,86 reviews,18 editorials,54 letters.Average paper was cited 7.6 times and the average number of article citation was 30.6.International cooperation research articles occupied 379 (19.7 ％).Articles with research sponsorship were 734 (38.1 ％),in which most subject discipline was geriatric and gerontology.Conclusions The development of geriatric medicine in China is rapid.The international scientific and technological cooperation is very extensive.It is important to further improve the world impact of geriatric medicine from China.The development of geriatric medicine in a large,cooperative,comprehensive,interdisciplinary,interagency direction,and the prospective,multicenter,cooperative study need to promote.It is extremely urgent to establish the English version of Chinese journals of geriatrics with a international influence.

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.

Objective To develop a scientific system of core information of health and evaluation index for the elderly Chinese people,which is suitable for the situation of our country.Methods The framework was established by extensive literature review and topic discussions.The index system was constructed with the Delphi method.Results 58 experts in different fields of health were selected in the two rounds of Delphi consultation research.The effective response rates in the two rounds were 96.88％ and 100％ respectively.The average value of the authoritative coefficient was between 0.80 and 0.96.And coefficients of variation were between 6.20 and 12.13.Based on the Delphi consultation research,the core information of health and evaluation index system for the elderly Chinese people were composed of 8 primary indicators closely associated with the positive awareness of aging and senescence and 31 other indicators.Conclusions The architecture of the core information of health and evaluation index system for the elderly Chinese people is stable,and the consultant experts tend to reach a consensus.The evaluation index system contains the most influential factors for the elderly Chinese people,and has the affirmative scientificity,applicability and feasibility.

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.

Objective To investigate the characteristics of the author groups in 《Chinese Journal of Geriatrics》,in order to provide references for the future construction and development of the author ranks.Methods Bibliometric method was used to analyze the quantity of papers,region distributions,core authors and cooperative rate in 《Chinese Journal of Geriatrics》 from 2009 to 2013.Results The total amount of papers published in 《Chinese Journal of Geriatrics》》 from 2009 to 2013 was 1636,involving 31 provinces,autonomous regions,municipalities and administrative region.Among these,Beijing,Zhejiang,Tianjin and Jiangsu were the 3 top contributing regions,accounting for 54.0 percent (884/1636 papers).The 1636 papers were contributed by 1435 authors (first authors),of whom 1275 authors published only one paper,accounting for 87.7％ (1275/1435),and their papers accounted for 77.9％ of the total published papers (1275 /1636).27 authors had high yield of 3 or more papers published and deep influence,and they published 95 papers (5.8％).The degree of cooperation was 4.6 (7599 /1636),and the cooperation rate was 93.8％ (1534/1636) within the five years.Conclusions 《Chinese Journal of Geriatrics》is quite influential and attractive in the fields of geriatrics,and a good cooperative relationship is displayed between different authors and authors' institutions.

Objective To analyze the citation characteristics of literatures in Chinese Journal of Geriatrics published from 2008 to 2012.Methods According to the information from Wanfang database,articles in Chinese Journal of Geriatrics published from 2008 to 2012 were surveyed.The quantity,type of languages and the self-cited rate,etc were analyzed,and the Price's index,half life of literatures were calculated.Results Of the 1567 papers published in the journal from 2008 to 2012,1479 papers cited 16054 literatures,with a citation rate of 94.4％.The average number of citations in each paper was 10.25.The major language of citation was English (73.33％),followed by Chinese (26.67％),and only one citation was in Japanese.The self cited rates of author and periodical were 1.20％ and 5.23％,respectively.The Price's index was 45.71％ and the half-life of literatures was 4.27 years.Conclusions The authors of Chinese Journal of Geriatrics cite a wide range of literature,and the journal plays an important role in publicizing research achievements of geriatric medicine.However,the average number of citations in each paper,timeliness and novelty of cited literatures,diversity of citation languages need further improving.

Objective To explore the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) for evaluating the health-related quality of life of patients with chronic soft tissue pain, (CSTP). Methods Two hundred and ten CSTP patients were rated with the SF-36 and the Medical Outcomes Study Pain Measurement (MOSPM) instrument and retested 2 weeks later. The internal consistency, test-retest relia-bility and parallel validity of the SF-36 were analyzed. Results The SF-36 showed good internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Most repeated reliability internal correlation coefficients were between 0.44 and O. 66 (P≤0.01) except that of the SF sub-scale of the SF-36, which was O. 336 (P≤0.05). All the internal consistency Cronbach's a coefficients were >0.70. In the assessment of validity, there was significant correlation among all eight sub-scales of the SF-36, and between items 4-11 and total MOSPM scores. The correlation coefficients were between -0.145 and 0. 635 (P≤0.05 or P≤0.01), except between GH of the SF-36 and item 4 of the M OSPM (pain in-fluence on walking) and between MH and item 10 (pain influence days). Conclusion The Chinese version of the SF-36 has good reliability and validity in assessing the health related quality of life of CSTP patients.