OBJECTIVE

To evaluate the academic level and the quality of Chinese Journal of Ophthalmology (CJO) by analyzing its citation status.

METHODS

Bibliometrics was used to analyze and evaluate the distribution of original papers in CJO in 2005-2009 based on the data of Chinese Medical Citation Index (CMCI).

RESULTS

A total of 1358 papers were published in CJO between 2005 and 2009. Among them, 695 were cited for 2333 times, with an average of 3.36 times per cited paper. The papers were cited by authors from 26 provinces or municipalities or autonomous regions, Hongkong and Macao, China, as well as 2 from United States. The regions from where the papers had the highest citation were Beijing (202 times), Shanghai (93), Guangdong (82) and Shandong (69). The institutions with the highest citation rates were Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center of Sun Yat-Sen University (349 times) and Beijing Tongren Eye Center (265). CJO had been cited by more than 300 other journals in the past 5 years, such as International Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology and Chinese Journal of Practical Ophthalmology.

CONCLUSIONS

CJO, which is the journal with the high quality and citation rate, is one of the resources with important information in ophthalmology. It is one of the prestigious medical journals in China.