Analysis of articles published in Chinese Journal of Pediatrics from 2005 to 2014 / 中华儿科杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the status of articles published in Chinese Journal of Pediatrics from 2005 to 2014.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>All the articles published in Chinese Journal of Pediatrics from 2005 to 2014 were searched at Wanfang Medical Online database. The total number and citations of articles, authors, agency, single article citation, internet downloads, columns, fund and Mesh were analyzed. The end of searching period was January 2015.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>From 2005 to 2014, 2814 articles were published in Chinese Journal of Pediatrics, 235 to 380 articles per year. A total of 1 596 articles were cited, the citation rate was 56.16%, total number of citation was 15 428. Among single article citations, of the top 20 articles, 55% (11/20) were those published in the Standard/Protocol/Guide column. Of the top 20 papers most frequently downloaded on internet, 100% were articles published in the Standard/Protocol/Guide column. During the recent 10 years, the source of the papers published in the journal covered 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions. The column that published the largest number of articles was Original Article (911, 32.05%), followed by Case Report (336,11.82%) and Review (245, 8.62%). Of the total number of articles published in the journal, 747 were supported by fund, which accounted for 26%. The articles supported by national fund accounted for 8%.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Articles published in Chinese Journal of Pediatrics had high-quality and can reflect the development and research progress in pediatric medicine. It is one of the most important information resources in pediatric academic fields in China.</p>