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Objective To analyze the articles and citation published in the Chinese Journal of Internal Medicine from 2008 to 2010,in order to investigate the influence factors of impact factor (IF).Methods All articles published in the Chinese Journal of Internal Medicine covered by Chinese Medical Citation Index(CMCI) from 2008 to 2010 were searched and downloaded.Some article related attributions were manual added and their influences to IF were analyzed.Results A total of 1164 academic papers were published in the journal in 3 years,with 9.95 references per paper.The total citation was 1029 times,with 0.93 time per paper and 0.31 time per page.Among them,736 articles were not cited,accounting for 63.2％.Original articles,pure clinical articles had good citation output.For fund supporting,the citation of articles without fund was higher than those with fund.The articles on hematology,cardiology and gastroenterology accounted the most,while ICU,emergency and nephrology were the least internal medicine reported specialties.Although there exists citation difference among different subjects,for considering the absolute values,neurology/psychiatry (0.73 time per paper),cardiology (0.65 time per paper) and gastroenterology (0.54 time per paper) had better citation output,while hematology,basic research and rheumatology had no good performance to IF.Conclusion We should further strengthen acquisition and dissemination of excellent articles,reduce the number of non-cited paper,expand periodical visibility,and provide a quick and convenient way of literature reading.
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Objective To evaluate the academic level of Chinese Journal of Internal Medicine by analyzing its citation status by using bibliometrics method.Methods The distribution of articles published in Chinese Journal of Internal Medicine from January,2005 to December,2011 indexed by Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD) was analyzed.Results A total of 2809 articles were published in Chinese Journal of Internal Medicine between January,2005 and December,2011.Among them,832 (29.62％) articles were cited for totally 1993 times.There were 14 authors whose total citation number in 2005-2011 was ≥ 10 times.Authors of the cited articles came from 25 provinces,autonomous regions and municipalities.The regions from where the articles had the highest citation were Beijing (341 articles),Shanghai (87 articles),Guangdong (64 articles),Jiangsu (45 articles) and Zhejiang (43 articles).The medical institutions with the highest citation were Peking Union Medical College Hospital of Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (205 times),Peking University People's Hospital (77 times),and Chinese PLA General Hospital (76 times).Conclusions Quite a few high level academic papers had been published in Chinese Journal of Internal Medicine in recent years.Chinese Journal of Internal Medicine plays a good role in enhancing academic exchange.