Wan Xiaohua, Li Zhongwu, Wang Mei, Lu Xinxin
Laboratory Medicine, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing, P.R. China.
Scand J Infect Dis. 2009;41(10):770-3. doi: 10.1080/00365540903147027.
China is a major contributor to the worldwide infectious diseases burden because of its population size. However, to-date little is known about China's contribution to the field of infectious diseases. The present study was designed to determine publication in infectious diseases journals during 1999-2008 in the 3 main regions of China--the Mainland (ML), Hong Kong (HK) and Taiwan (TW). Articles published in 51 journals related to infectious diseases were retrieved from the PubMed database. The total number of articles, impact factor (IF), and articles published in the top 10 infectious diseases journals were identified. The numbers and percentages of articles showed significantly positive trends in ML and TW. From 2005 onwards, the accumulated IF from ML exceeded that from HK, and in 2007 ML exceeded TW. Our analysis determines the research output in the infectious diseases research field of the 3 main regions of China. Also, the results of this study imply that China lags behind the developed countries in conducting infectious diseases research.
由于人口规模，中国是全球传染病负担的主要贡献者。然而，迄今为止，对于中国在传染病领域的贡献知之甚少。本研究旨在确定1999年至2008年期间中国三个主要地区——中国大陆（ML）、香港（HK）和台湾（TW）在传染病期刊上的发表情况。从PubMed数据库中检索了在51种与传染病相关的期刊上发表的文章。确定了文章总数、影响因子（IF）以及在排名前十的传染病期刊上发表的文章。文章数量和百分比在中国大陆和台湾呈现出显著的上升趋势。从2005年起，中国大陆累积的影响因子超过了香港，2007年中国大陆超过了台湾。我们的分析确定了中国三个主要地区在传染病研究领域的研究产出。此外，本研究结果表明，中国在传染病研究方面落后于发达国家。
