Analysis of SCI journals and research directions of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University based on bibliometrics / 中华医学科研管理杂志

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Objective:To investigate the journals and research directions of SCI papers published by the first affiliated hospital of Sun Yat-sen university from 2007 to 2016. To further study the trend of published journals, as well as the relationship between the research directions and departments.Methods:According to the data from Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China and the Web of Science, SCI papers of our hospital from 2007 to 2016 were searched and collected, detailed information on published journals and research directions of the papers were analyzed.Results:From 2007 to 2016, scientists of our hospital published 2 999 SCI papers in 897 kinds of journals in total, among which almost 60% papers were published in 166 kinds of journals. PLoS One published the largest number, counted as 125 papers. There were 16 kinds of journals with impact factor (IF)> 10, published 25 papers from 12 departments. A total number of 76 research directions were involved in all these papers, and the largest number of papers was in oncology, accounted for 10.3%. There were 1 647 papers in the top 10 research directions, accounted for 54.92%. Among the 76 research directions, 62 research directions involved more than 2 departments.Conclusions:The distribution of SCI journals published by the first affiliated hospital of Sun Yat-sen university is centralized, with few high-impact achievements. Interdisciplinary research is common and widespread, but the degree of concentration is not enough.