普通外科期刊的国际化：1983年至1998年在北美和英国发表的文章的来源与内容

Internationalization of general surgical journals: origin and content of articles published in North America and Great Britain from 1983 to 1998.

作者信息

Tompkins R K, Ko C Y, Donovan A J

机构信息

Department of Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA School of Medicine, USA.

出版信息

Arch Surg. 2001 Dec;136(12):1345-51; discussion 1351-2. doi: 10.1001/archsurg.136.12.1345.

DOI:10.1001/archsurg.136.12.1345

PMID:11735855

Abstract

HYPOTHESIS

The origin and characteristics of articles published in the 6 highest rated (Institute for Scientific Information classification) English-language general surgical journals have changed significantly during the past 15 years.

DESIGN

All articles published in 1983, 1988, 1993, and 1998 in 5 US surgical journals and 1 British surgical journal were reviewed and characterized.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES

Absolute numbers and proportions of national and international articles published in each journal.

RESULTS

Articles reviewed included 4868 in US journals and 1380 in the British journal. The total number of US journal articles decreased by 15.1%. The total number of British journal articles increased by 58.9%. The percentage of national articles decreased from 87.5% to 68.8% in US journals (P<.001) and constituted the minority of freely submitted articles in 1998 in 3 of 5 US journals. The percentage of national articles also decreased from 74.8% to 47.1% in the British journal (P<.001). Articles by European and Asian authors showed the most striking increases in all journals. The percentage of basic research articles declined in US journals from 23.3% to 17.9% (P =.001) owing to a 14.9% decline in national basic research articles. The percentage of clinical randomized studies increased from 2.2% to 4.1% (P<.008), but the increase was attributable to international articles. Government funding alone decreased from 13.6% to 11.2%, and government plus another source of funding decreased from 19.2% to 16.7% for national articles in US journals.

CONCLUSIONS

Internationalization of the highly rated British and the 5 highest rated US general surgical journals has occurred. The decrease in the number of national articles in the US journals has been accompanied by significant decreases in government funding and basic research articles and a static output of clinical randomized studies from North America.

摘要

假设

在过去15年中，6种评分最高（科学信息研究所分类）的英文普通外科期刊上发表文章的来源及特征发生了显著变化。

设计

对1983年、1988年、1993年和1998年发表在5种美国外科期刊和1种英国外科期刊上的所有文章进行回顾并描述其特征。

主要观察指标

各期刊发表的国内和国际文章的绝对数量及比例。

结果

回顾的文章中，美国期刊有4868篇，英国期刊有1380篇。美国期刊文章总数减少了15.1%。英国期刊文章总数增加了58.9%。美国期刊国内文章的比例从87.5%降至68.8%（P<0.001），在1998年，5种美国期刊中有3种国内文章占自由投稿文章的少数。英国期刊国内文章的比例也从74.8%降至47.1%（P<0.001）。欧洲和亚洲作者的文章在所有期刊中增长最为显著。美国期刊基础研究文章的比例从23.3%降至17.9%（P = 0.001），原因是国内基础研究文章减少了14.9%。临床随机研究文章的比例从2.2%增至4.1%（P<0.008），但增长归因于国际文章。美国期刊国内文章仅靠政府资助的比例从13.6%降至11.2%，政府资助加其他资助来源的比例从19.2%降至16.7%。