Brambrink A M, Ehrler D, Dick W F
Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany.
Br J Anaesth. 2000 Oct;85(4):556-62. doi: 10.1093/bja/85.4.556.
A comprehensive compilation of the current international literature on paediatric anaesthesia is lacking. The aim of this study was to identify all articles on clinical practice in paediatric anaesthesia, to name the respective journals, and to assess the publication activity and international recognition of selected countries for a 6-yr period (1993-1998). The search comprised an article-to-article evaluation ('hand search') of 12 peer-reviewed anaesthesia journals, as well as an Internet-based ('SilverPlatter') Medline-search (3,900 medical journals, US National Library of Medicine), both limited to original articles, case reports, reviews and editorials. Selected physical characteristics, for example the number of infants and children aged 0-14 yr old, the number of anaesthetists (specialists) and current impact factors (Science Citation Index) served to assess publication activity and international recognition. During the time period studied, 2259 articles (377/yr) were published on paediatric anaesthesia in 295 medical journals. The articles were primarily written in English (85.1%) and the majority originated from the USA (35.4%) and the UK (12.6%). The largest number of publications (77.7%) appeared in 29 anaesthesia journals, all referenced in Medline, with 46% being published by only five journals. Most authors published in journals of their home country/region. Authors from the UK ranked highest in publication activity, followed by those from Canada, Switzerland, Sweden and Denmark. The highest impact factor was achieved by US and UK authors. We conclude that publications on paediatric anaesthesia are clustered in a small number of journals and are written predominantly by authors from English-speaking countries, who achieved the highest international recognition.
目前缺乏关于小儿麻醉的国际文献综合汇编。本研究的目的是识别所有关于小儿麻醉临床实践的文章，列出各自的期刊，并评估6年期间（1993 - 1998年）选定国家的发表活动和国际认可度。检索包括对12种同行评审的麻醉学期刊进行逐篇评估（“手工检索”），以及基于互联网（“银盘”）的医学文献数据库检索（美国国立医学图书馆的3900种医学期刊），两者均限于原创文章、病例报告、综述和社论。选定的物理特征，例如0 - 14岁婴儿和儿童的数量、麻醉医师（专科医生）的数量以及当前的影响因子（科学引文索引）用于评估发表活动和国际认可度。在所研究的时间段内，295种医学期刊发表了2259篇关于小儿麻醉的文章（每年377篇）。文章主要用英文撰写（85.1%），大多数来自美国（35.4%）和英国（12.6%）。发表数量最多的（77.7%）出现在29种麻醉学期刊上，所有这些期刊都被医学文献数据库收录，其中46%仅由5种期刊发表。大多数作者在本国/地区的期刊上发表文章。英国作者的发表活动排名最高，其次是加拿大、瑞士、瑞典和丹麦的作者。美国和英国作者的影响因子最高。我们得出结论，关于小儿麻醉的出版物集中在少数期刊上，主要由来自英语国家的作者撰写，这些作者获得了最高的国际认可度。
