Visualized Citation Analysis of Evidence in Research Fields of Clinical Pharmacy / 中国药师

ABSTRACT

Objective:To analyze the visualized citation of evidence in the research fields of clinical pharmacy. Methods: The visualized citation analysis tool HistCite was used, and science citation index-expanded core collections in Web of Science was applied to obtain the data. Biliometric analysis, citation analysis and visualization technology were used to investigate the number and year-dis-tribution, country and region, distribution of research institutions and core authors of the literatures in clinical pharmacy research fields. Results:During 2002 to 2013, the number of literatures of clinical pharmacy was increased year by year. The literatures were published mainly in 62 countries and regions, especially in the United States of America. The major research institutions were college of pharmacy in university. Conclusion: Over the past decade, the research on clinical pharmacy is increased rapidly. The software HistCite can reveal the development track of clinical pharmacy research fields quickly and visually.