[Productivity and cited pattern of the authors in Chinese Journal of Ophthalmology 2001-2006].

OBJECTIVE

To evaluate the researcher's productivity by analyzing the citation statue of articles published in Chinese Journal of Ophthalmology (CJO).

METHOD

Using the database of Chinese Medical citation Index (CMCI), the citations from the CJO were collected and analyzed with the bibliometric methods.

RESULT

1513 papers were published in CJO by 990 authors from 2001-2006 (6 years). 2611 citations by all different journals were found from 705 CJO papers by 479 authors. 748 authors (75.6% of total first authors) published only one paper, while 50 core authors published over 4 papers during 6 years. Beijing was ranked the first with 412 papers and 666 citations, Guangdong Province the second with 235 papers and 632 citations according to the distribution. 851 papers (55.6%) and 1611 (61.7%) citations were from 17 well-respected institutions. The top of rank was Zhongshan Ophthalmic center of SUN Yat-sen University with 198 papers and 526 citations, followed by Beijing Tongren Ophthalmic Center of Capital University of Medical Sciences with 140 papers and 237 citations.

CONCLUSIONS

The results indicate that the published papers from CJO in recent 6 years are extensively cited, suggesting that the core authors are active and publish most important papers. Beijing, Guangdong and shanghai are most productive in publication of article in CJO even though the authors are widely distributed in the nation.