ANALYSIS OF THE AUTHORS IN MEDICAL JOURNAL OF CHINESE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY IN 1996～2000 / 解放军医学杂志

ABSTRACT

To find out the situations of the authors who published articles in Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army in 1996～2000, the number of authors, types of collaborated articles, organizations where the authors work were investigated. The average number of authors per article was 4.64, the collaboration rate was 93 95%, most of the collaborated articles were writen by authors working in a same organization 69 54%, trans provincial collaborated articles accounted for 15 86%, collaborated articles in a same province and internationally collaborated articles accounted for 13 03% and 1 57% respectively. The results suggested that the average number of citations was very small, and the scope of contributions should be extended in order to offer more opportunities for younger authors and to increase international collaboration.