Periodicals as Topic ; statistics & numerical data ; Statistics as Topic

OBJECTIVETo evaluate the quality of articles and the popularity of Chinese Journal of Pediatrics.

METHODSWith the database of Chinese Science & Technology Journal Citation Reports 2000-2003, the six indicators, including impact factor (IF), total cited numbers, immediate index, ratio of cited numbers by other journals to total cited numbers, number of citing journals, and cited half-life were evaluated and compared with other Chinese periodicals in pediatrics and related subjects. The cited numbers, distribution of cited areas, and cited institutions of published articles in Chinese Journal of Pediatrics 2000-2003 were analyzed.

RESULTSFrom 2000 to 2003, the impact factor of the Journal was 0.937, 1.025, 1.052, 1.252, total cited number was 1378, 1468, 1863 and 2396. Immediate index, citing journals, and cited half-life rose steadily, and the ratio of cited numbers by other journals to total cited numbers remained above 0.9. The average cited number of articles was 3.3. The cited authors were from 26 provinces or cities.

CONCLUSIONThe Chinese Journal of Pediatrics ranked at the top of Chinese pediatric journals with its highest IF and total cited numbers, which indicates that the journal has explicit editorial aims, stable continuity, and the increased influence in Chinese pediatric research. The stable growth of immediate index, number of citing journals and cited half-life show that the Journal has a high rate of reflection, the articles published in the Journal were paid more attention and have influenced researchers for longer periods and widely. The higher rate of citation by others and lower self-cited rate indicate that the Journal has been rigorous and realistic in editorial practice. The Journal is demonstrated to be one of the main medical core periodicals and one of the most important information sources in the field of pediatrics in China.

OBJECTIVETo study the characteristics of articles, citations and authors in Chinese Journal of Burns (Chin J Burns).

METHODSThe date concerning articles, citations and authors of Chin J Burns from 2003 to 2005 were collected and analyzed in terms of bibliographic parameters.

RESULTSThere were 741 papers published in Chin J Burns during these 3 years, and papers with funded projects accounted for 19.7%. The average number of articles per issue was 41,with paper density of 0.59, and publication date were 15 months in average after submission. Among these papers, 87.9% of which were shared with co-authors, with a corporation rate of 3.94. The papers with citation accounted for 78.7%, and 90.6% of all the citations came from journals, especially English journals. The Price's indicator was 65.6%.

CONCLUSIONChinese Journal of Burns, an academic journal of high quality, with strong influence, pushes the discipline of Burns medicine in China forward.

OBJECTIVEThe present study was designed to explore the cited status and its correlated factors of articles published in Chinese Journal of Pediatrics.

METHODArticles published in Chinese Journal of Pediatrics from 2001 to 2010 were searched using Wanfang Medical Online database, and the relationship between cited number and column and funding status were analyzed.

RESULTSTotally 3209 articles were published by Chinese Journal of Pediatrics from 2001 to 2010. Two thousand and seventy-three articles (64.60%) were cited. The total cited number was 18 546 (mean rate: 5.78 per paper). Standard/protocol/guideline was the most often cited column (mean rate: 62.92 per paper). Featured articles including editorials (mean rate: 7.12 per paper), special articles (mean rate: 6.50 per paper) and original articles (mean rate: 7.90 per paper) had higher cited rate. Cited rate of original papers in featured articles was higher than other original articles (mean rate: 6.03 per paper). Those with academic perspectives, such as Opinion/Debate/Discussion, were well cited (mean rate: 7.09 per paper). All of original articles in Rapid Pathway were well cited (mean rate: 16.20 per paper). Mean cited number of grant-supported articles was 4.81 per paper, lower than that of all kinds of papers (mean rate: 5.78 per paper) and non-grant-supported articles (mean rate: 6.06 per paper). However, it was slightly higher than that of articles except Standard/protocol/guideline (mean rate: 4.36 per paper).

CONCLUSIONCited status varies among columns. The invited papers should be increased in number to raise commentary papers and original articles with high quality.Grant-supported or non-grant-supported papers should be reviewed based on the same standard after submission.

Gastroenterology ; Periodicals as Topic ; statistics & numerical data

Databases, Bibliographic ; Periodicals as Topic ; statistics & numerical data

OBJECTIVETo analyze the authors, the organizations and regional distribution of these authors of Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine, and ascertain the core authors, core organizations and core regions.

METHODSUsing quantitative analysis method, the authors, co-authors and the core authors of papers published in between 1996 to 2005 were analysed. Also, the distributions of districts and highly quantitative organization were determined statistically.

RESULTSThere were 722 articles published during the last ten years; 510 authors had only published one paper, accounting for 70.64% of the total first authors. There were 712 articles having one or more co-authors, the cooperatively rate and degree were 98.61% and 5.54, respectively. There were 10 papers with single author, which accounted for 1.39% of total papers. The number of papers from universities, institutes and affiliated hospitals were 366 (50.69%), 229 (31.72%) and 78 (10.80%), respectively. There were 90 core authors publishing 212 (29.36%) papers, while 13 highly-quantities organizations published 303 (41.97%) papers. The core region was Beijing, in which there were published 231 (31.99%) articles.

CONCLUSIONAuthors of the Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine should have a wide distribution and highly cooperative rate. There are a group of active and talented core authors, who have offered a great influence on the Journal.

OBJECTIVETo explore the articles, authors and citations of the articles published in Chinese Journal of Pediatrics, and have a clear view of the characteristics of this journal in its different development stages.

METHODBibliometric methods were used to analyze the published articles, cooperation, regional distribution, core authors, corresponding authors and high-quantities of publication institutes, and also to calculate the number of citations per paper, types of citations, language-based citation number, Price index, self-cited rate and the distribution of journals based on citations.

RESULTTotally 5534 academic articles were published during the 60 years, of which the number of articles written by more than one author was 4669 (80.71%), with a degree of collaboration as 3.87, and a rate of collaboration as 84.37%. The number of articles by a single author was 865 (19.29%). As for the regions from where the papers were submitted, the top one was Beijing, which had 1495 articles published (27.01%). The top 15 institutes in number of articles had published 2254 articles (40.73%). The average citation rate was 84.15%, and the number of citations was 48 854. The number of citations per paper was 10.06, the Price index and self-cited rate were 55.57% and 6.12%, respectively. The number of citations from foreign language literature was 35 781 (69.1%). The citation number of journals was 43 266 (84.5%), which is markedly higher than the citations of books and others.

CONCLUSIONChinese Journal of Pediatrics has a wide distribution of authors and a high cooperative rate. This journal has a group of high-level core authors since founded in 1950, and it shows an adequate ability of absorbing and using scientific information. The articles published in this journal not only objectively reflected the distribution of the research powers, but also the development status of pediatrics in our country.

OBJECTIVETo analyze the inherent quality of articles published in our journal enjoying high citation rate, and to explore strategies on improving impact of papers.

METHODSScientific papers published in Chinese Journal of Burns from February 2000 to December 2009, with citation rate equal to or higher than 20 times were collected for classification according to their publication year, publication form, subject distribution, regional and institutional distribution, frequency of authors appeared in those published papers, frequency of winning prizes, and sources of fund (national, ministerial, or provincial). Data were processed by Microsoft Excel software.

RESULTSAltogether 64 scientific papers with high citation rate were published from 2000 to 2006. Original articles and expert forum accounted for 55 (86.0%). Twenty-one articles of clinical study were cited frequently, among them one was cited for 79 times. Articles dealing with subjects with popular interest or cutting-edge problems were cited frequently. Most articles winning high citation rate were originated from institutions located in Chongqing, Beijing, Shanghai, and Xi'an, etc. Those scientific papers which were instructed by specialists, with high level foundation and won prizes were cited with high frequency. The top 20 articles were mainly cited by excellent doctoral dissertations and master theses originated from 11 institutions for higher education, and source journals of Chinese Scientific and Technical Papers and Citations Database.

CONCLUSIONSAuthors should emphasize subject planning in order to compose papers with high quality. The editorial board should make arrangements with influential specialists with related skills for their contributions based on subjects of popular interest concerning the cutting-edge problems of the specific specialty, and pay close attention to papers on clinical study and those with funding from high levels, to improve impact of the articles.

OBJECTIVEThe paper was to evaluate the quality and characteristics of the Chinese Journal of Plastic Surgery(CJPS).

METHODSWith the database of Chinese Citation Index, the citation analysis was used to analyze the distribution of the cited original articles published in the CJPS from 2001 to 2005.

RESULTS1045 papers were published during the period, and there were 530 (50.72%) cited by other researchers. The total frequency of citation was 1598, and each original article was averagely cited 3.02 times by other researchers. The published papers were cited by 289 journals and self-citing rate was 7.57%. The distribution of the most frequently cited authors covered 25 provinces, with Beijing, Shanghai, Shanxi and Guangdong Province in the lead in research work relevant to plastic medicine.

CONCLUSIONSThe Chinese Journal of Plastic Surgery has published high quality articles in the past five years. It is one of the most important information resource for the Plastic Surgery researchers and of the most important medical journals.