Annual tendency of research papers used ICR mice as experimental animals in biomedical research fields / 한국실험동물학회지

Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) mice have been widely used in various research fields including toxicology, oncology, pharmacology, and pharmaceutical product safety testing for decades. However, annual tendency of research papers involving ICR mice in various biomedical fields has not been previously analyzed. In this study, we examined the numbers of papers that used ICR mice as experimental animals in the social science, natural science, engineering, medicine-pharmacy, marine agriculture-fishery, and art-kinesiology fields by analyzing big data. Numbers of ICR mouse-used papers gradually increased from 1961 to 2014, but small decreases were observed in 2015 and 2016. The largest number of ICR-used papers were published in the medicine-pharmacy field, followed by natural science and art-kinesiology fields. There were no ICR mouse-used papers in other fields. Furthermore, ICR mice have been widely employed in cell biology studies within the natural science field as well as in biochemistry and pathology in the medicine-pharmacy field. Few ICR mouse-used papers were published in exercise biochemistry and exercise nutrition in the art-kinesiology field. Regardless in most fields, the total numbers of published papers involving ICR mice were higher in 2014 than in other years, although the numbers in some fields including dentistry, veterinary science, and dermatology were high in 2016. Taken together, the present study shows that various ICR stocks, including Korl:ICR mice, are widely employed as experimental animals in various biomedical research fields.

Statistical Analysis of Papers Published in a Special Hospital from 2004 to 2013 / 中华医学科研管理杂志

Bibliometrical method was used in this article to analyze the publications in a hospital from 2004 to 2013.Results show that the number of publications increased during 8 years,and the quality has been improved consistently.However,the rate of clinician participation in research and the present of core authors were still on the lower side.Besides,the age structure of core authors is steady and lack of growth.Based on this analysis,we summarized the past experience and explored the strategies of research management.

Academic influence of institutes in field of schistosomiasis control and re-search in China / 中国血吸虫病防治杂志

Objective To assess the academic influence of schistosomiasis control and research institutions in China. Meth-ods The papers (including original articles and reviews) pertaining to schistosomiasis in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)of Web of Science(WOS)during the period from 2002 to 2012 were searched. The number of published papers,h index and citation frequencies of the papers of Chinese institutes and authors were analyzed by a bibliometric method,and the academic influences of the institutes and authors were assessed according to the number of published papers and h index. In addition,the scientific knowledge network map was plotted by using the CiteSpace II software to analyze the inter-institution academic collabora-tion network. Results From 2002 to 2012,totally 610 papers pertaining to schistosomiasis were published by Chinese scholars, accounted for 16.7%of the published papers in global,and the quantity increased year by year. The number of published papers and h index of the National Institute of Parasitic Diseases(NIPD),China Center for Disease Control and Prevention(China CDC) were 114 and 27,respectively,both of which were ranked at the first position among all the Chinese institutes,and in the academ-ic collaboration network,the NIPD played a central and dominate part. Xiao-Nong Zhou with the h index of 17 became the out-standing academic leader in the research field of schistosomiasis control. Conclusions Both number of published papers in SCIE and h index of the Chinese institutes for schistosomiasis control are far inferior to the leading institutions in the world. It suggests that when strengthening the research and control of schistosomiasis,we should pay an attention to the output and sharing of the control experience and achievements.

Publicación de trabajos de biomedicina provenientes de la Argentina: Datos sobre investigación clínica / Published papers in biomedicine from Argentina: Data on clinical research

El objetivo de este trabajo fue obtener datos cuantitativos sobre la investigación clínica en la Argentina. Para esto consultamos la base MEDLINE de la Biblioteca Nacional de los EE.UU. que contiene más de 18 millones de referencias en revistas científicas y donde son listadas 5400 publicaciones en 39 idiomas. En el 2009, casi 850 000 trabajos fueron citados en MEDLINE y la Argentina contribuyó con el 0.33% y de ellos 90% en inglés. El número de trabajos publicados en castellano ha ido disminuyendo en los últimos años, un hecho que también se observa en otros idiomas como el alemán, francés, portugués, entre otros. Utilizando las herramientas que provee MEDLINE buscamos trabajos que podrían ser catalogados como de investigación clínica. Para esto acotamos la búsqueda con la palabra "patient" en el texto" y "hospital" en la dirección de los autores. A lo largo de los últimos 10 años, el 16% de los trabajos publicados desde la Argentina contienen la palabra "patient" y esto se reduce a la mitad si se exige que los trabajos hayan sido realizados en un hospital. El número de trabajos en castellano con estas restricciones es aún menor. El aumento en los artículos enviados desde la Argentina ha seguido la curva ascendente del total de trabajos en MEDLINE y este crecimiento ha sido a expensas de la investigación básica, ya que el porcentaje de trabajos clínicos se ha mantenido constante. En conclusión, este trabajo intenta aportar una información que no tenemos respecto a los trabajos de biomedicina en la Argentina.

The aim of this paper was to provide quantitative data about clinical investigation in Argentina. We searched MEDLINE which is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database that contains more than 18 million references to journal articles in life sciences; 5400 journals in 39 languages are listed. In 2009 almost 850 000 papers were cited in MEDLINE and Argentina provided 0.33% of them, 90% of these in English. The number of papers published in Spanish is diminishing every year and similar results are observed with the German, French and other languages. Using the tools provided by MEDLINE we searched for papers that could be classified as clinical. We restricted our search to the word "patients" in the text and "hospital" in the address provided by the authors. Along the last 10 years, from 2000 to 2009, about 16% of the papers published from Argentina contain the word "patient" and this percentage is reduced to half if we combine the word "patient" with the word "hospital" in the address. If we search for papers written in Spanish with these two restrictions the number is much lower. The number of articles from Argentina followed the upward trend in the total of articles cited in MEDLINE in the last 10 years. This local increase was due to basic investigation papers because the percentage of clinical articles was relatively constant during these years. In conclusion, these data provide a survey of an area with scanty quantitative information.

Analysis of Papers Published on Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society in 2006

Since the authors participated in the editorial committee in October 2001, many dramatic changes have been introduced to the Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society(JKNS). The format, the external appearance, the editorial system, and the reviewing process have been transformed with new standpoints to enhance the quality and to raise the level of JKNS. The authors reviewed papers published on JKNS in 2006 with special interest on the changes of JKNS during last five years.In total, 186 articles were published on JKNS in 2006. Because the editorial committee asked two review articles to renowned neurosurgeons, there were 184 peer-reviewed articles. Eighty seven clinical articles, eighty one case reports, seven laboratory investigations, four special articles and five technical reports were published. This distribution changed from the previous year with marginal value of statistical significance (p=0.101). The ratio of the original articles (laboratory investigations and clinical articles) decreased to 51.1% from 57.5% of 2005 but the difference was not statistically significant (p=0.222). The number of laboratory investigations significantly decreased to 7 (3.8%) from 19 (10.4%) of 2005 (p=0.014). Other changes such as number of authors per article, number of institutes which published papers on JKNS have been examined to assess the trend and/or change in characteristics of papers published on JKNS.

Analysis of Papers Published on Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society in 2005

One of the biggest change in the history of the Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society(JKNS) had been introduced in 2005. From January 2005, all manuscripts submitted to JKNS should be written in English. This new regulation was followed by many changes in characteristics of the papers published on JKNS in 2005. The authors present an analysis of papers published on JKNS and compared with those of 2004 and 2003. In total, 184 articles were published in 2005. Since a review article was requested by the editorial office to the authors, 183 articles were peer reviewed. Eighty five clinical articles, 75 case reports, 19 laboratory investigations, two special articles and two technical reports were printed. This distribution was not statistically different from 2004's distribution (p=0.67), even though the ratio of clinical articles was decreased to 46.4% from 54.4%. Due to the change in language specification, English articles were increased with statistical significance (p<0.001). There were several events related with copyright of the contents of the papers published on JKNS. We think these are some good points came with change in official language to English. General trends of the papers seemed to be in the right way.

Analysis of Publications on Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society in 2004

The authors present an analysis of papers published on Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society(JKNS) in 2004. There were 217 peer reviewed articles. 118 were clinical articles, 78 were case reports, 17 were laboratory investigations, two were technical reports, and the other two were special articles. This distribution was not statistically different from 2003(p=0.53). Number of English articles was increased with statistical significance (p<0.001). There were 46 English clinical articles, 72 English case reports, nine English laboratory investigations, and so on. The trends in papers on JKNS in 2004 are thought to be desirable ones for JKNS to become an internationally evaluated journal.

Analysis of Publications on Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society in 2003

The authors present an analysis of papers published on Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society in 2003. Total 236 articles were published and the contents were 114 clinical articles(48.3%), 18 laboratory investigations(7.6%), 99 case reports(42.0%), and five technical notes(2.1%), respectively. Additionally, two review articles and two special articles were published on request from the editorial board. We analyzed the changes in trend of papers from the year 2002.