1. A bibliometric analysis on cohort study of liver cancer in China
Hongyu MA ; Yangkun AO ; Wenbin LIU ; Guangwen CAO
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2020;41(1):115-119
Objective:
To retrospectively analyze the application trend of cohort study in the field of liver cancer in past 27 years and to look forward to the future development trend.
Methods:
Chinese and English papers reporting the cohort studies of liver cancer conducted in the mainland of China since 1991 were included. The literature management software was used to analyze the publication time, institution, type and objective of the studies and the follow-up performance. Statistical analysis was carried out by using SPSS 21.0.
Results:
The number and quality of the papers reporting liver cancer-related cohort studies increased significantly in past 27 years and a core English journal group of this field has formed. The average annual growth rates of Chinese and English papers published were 20.4