Citation analysis of Chinese Journal of Geriatrics from 2003 to 2007 / 中华老年医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the citation status of Chinese Journal of Geriatrics,and to evaluate the authority and quality of this journal.Methods Literatures including original research articles,short reports of original studies,reviews and clinical case reports etc.from 2003 to 2007 were collected from China national knowledge internet (CNKI) and Wanfang Database.The citation frequency,author distributions,relevant journals and foundation status were statistically analyzed.Results Totally 1649 papers were published in Chinese Journal of Geriatrics from 2003 to 2007,among which 1280 papers were cited 9062 times by 946 kinds of journals,the average citation times was 7.08 times,and the top citation times was 131 times.270 articles were cited 10 or more times (21.09％).The top 3 relevant journals with high citations from Chinese Journal of Geriatrics were Chinese Journal of Gerontology,Chinese Journal of Geriatrics and Chinese Journal of Misdiagnostics (totally 591 times,6.52％).The self-citation rate was 1.95％.445 articles were supported by different kinds of funds (totally 112 kinds),and majority of articles were supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China.Articles supported by 106 kinds of funds were cited and the total citation times was 2312 times.Conclusions Literatures in Chinese Journal of Geriatrics have high quality and authority with an amount of readers and relatively stable relevant journals.Journal quality and academic level are highly improved,but further efforts are needed to promote the coordinated development of regions.