A comparative study of bibliometrics between Chinese and American research-oriented hospitals in the context of "Double First-Class" :Taking West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Mayo Clinic as an example / 中华医学科研管理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To conduct a comparative study on the papers between domestic research hospital and world-class hospital in order to find out the gap between them,and to provide countermeasures and reference basis for the discipline construction of research hospitals in China.Methods A comparative study of papers published from 2016 to 2018 in Web of Science core database between West China Hospital and Mayo Clinic was conducted by bibliometric methods.Chi-square tests and non-parametric tests were carried out to verify the consistency of paper distribution between these two institutions.Results The results showed that there was a big gap between West China Hospital and Mayo Clinic in quality of papers.The proportion of papers participating in other institutions and the proportion of papers in clinical medical category of West China Hospital are much lower than those of Mayo.Conclusions It is suggested that domestic research hospitals should focus on improving the quality of scientific research achievements by strengthening substantive scientific research cooperation,vigorously developing clinical research,establishing full-time scientific research teams,and improving the supporting system of clinical translation services.