Study on Highly Cited Papers in China Pharmacy from 1990 to 2008 / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the highly cited papers in China Pharmacy so as to provide reference for drug research and application in China.METHODS: A bibliometric analysis was conducted to study the highly cited papers in China Pharmacy from 1990 to 2008 using Chinese Journal Full-Text Database(CJFD) and Chinese Science Citation Database(CSCD).RESULTS: Of all those papers,32 papers had a citation frequency of 30,being highly cited 2 to 6 years after their publication.349 papers had a citation frequency of 10,and their publishing time was mainly from 1996 to 2005.These highly-cited papers were mostly related to hospital pharmacy,followed by pharmacy administration and pharmaceutics as well as review articles.CONCLUSIONS: The focuses and hot topics of present pharmacy research in China Pharmacy were rational drug use,pharmaceutical care,the methodology and application of pharmacoeconomics etc.