Citation Analysis of Articles Issued in Traditional Chinese Drugs Research and Clinical Pharmacology from the Year of 2000 to 2004 / 中药新药与临床药理

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the quality and academic level of Traditional Chinese Drugs Research and Clinical Pharmacology by analyzing the cited articles.Methods Statistic Analysis and evaluation of citation of articles which were issued in Traditional Chinese Drugs Research and Clinical Pharmacology from the year of 2000 to 2004 and cited in the database of Chinese Biomedical Citation Index and the website of China Knowledge Information,was carried out by literature measurement method.Results There were 770 articles issued in Traditional Chinese Drugs Research and Clinical Pharmacology from the year of 2000 to 2004,the citation rate was 52.59 %,and the average citation frequency of each article was 3.22.There were a large amount of articles with high citation rate.The institutions of cited authors covered 27 provinces (including municipalities and autonomous regions ),special zones and countries,in which Guangdong,Beijing and Jiangsu provinces took the leading in the research of traditional Chinese medicine.The journal was cited by other 350 periodicals,and the citation rate was 93.72 %.The self-citation rate was 6.27 %.Conclusion The articles issued in Traditional Chinese Drugs Research and Clinical Pharmacolog have a high quality,and the journal is one of the most important information suppliers for the research of traditional Chinese drugs and clinical pharmacology and also a core journal for the development of new Chinese drugs and for the research of clinical pharmacology.