Analysis of main biliometric indices of Journal of Medical Biomechanics during 2010-2013 / 医用生物力学

ABSTRACT

Objective To make a quantitative analysis on the main bibliometric indices of Journal of Medical Biomechanics during 2010-2013, so as to evaluate the journal’s academic level and influence and provide some references for the authors, readers and the journal’s future development. Methods The data of bibliometric indices were searched from Chinese S&T Journal Citation Reports by Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC) and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) database, and bibliometric analysis was then conducted. ResultsDuring 2010-2013, the journal’s total citations, impact factors, immediacy index, number of source papers, average citations, affiliations, ratio of funded papers, citing half-life were steadily increased, while the non-self-cited rate, cited half-life, ratio of overseas papers were declined in totality. No obvious change was found in the number of citing journals, average authors and regions, and the papers showed an intensely regional distribution. Conclusions During 4 years, the journal has established a steady and high-level group of core authors and editorial members, with a wide range of subject distributions in published papers. The journal’s publication quality and academic influence have been improving steadily, but the academic impact of the journal still needs to be expanded due to its strong cross-discipliniary characteristics.