By analyzing the citations of the last 3 years papers in "The Orthopedic Journal of China" to evaluate the academic quality and influence of the journal / 中国矫形外科杂志

ABSTRACT

[Objective]To statistically analyze the citations of papers in "The Orthopedic Journal of China"published during 2004~2006.[Method]Using the biblio metric method to calculate the citation rate,number of citations per paper,types of citations,language-based citation number,Price index and self-citation rate.[Result]During 2004~2006,the average citation rate was 94.32% and the number of citations per paper was 6.31.The number of citations in English was significantly higher than that in Chinese or other foreign languages.Meanwhile,the citation rate of papers published in journals was markedly higher than that of those published in books and other materials.The Price index and self-citation rate were 71.48% and 8.74%,respectively.[Conclusion]"The Orthopedic Journal of China"is shown to be a hight professional academic journal in China,with good novelty citation,high level of authors' education and extensive social influence.