Kumar Kvs Hari, Aravinda K
Department of Endocrinology, Command Hospital, Lucknow, India.
Ann Med Health Sci Res. 2013 Apr;3(2):182-6. doi: 10.4103/2141-9248.113658.
The research productivity of a place depends on doctors, patients and available infrastructure to carry research activities.
We aimed to study the publishing trends and research productivity of metro and non-metro cities in the Journal of the Association of Physi cians of India (JAPI).
Bibliometric analysis of research articles published in JAPI between 2000 and 2011was undertaken. The four types of articles (original articles including brief reports, case reports, correspondence and pictorial image) were studied for research productivity. They were analyzed according to subspecialty, publication times and type of research work from both places. Comparison between groups was done using Fisher exact and Mann-Whitney U test. Descriptive statistics were used and a P < 0.05 was considered significant.
Of a total of 2977 articles, 1798 were available for analysis. Metros published 46% (825/1798) and non-metros 54% (973/1798). Original articles and case reports constituted 3/4(th) of the published literature from both places. Pictorial images were seen more from non-metro cities (P = 0.03). Mumbai and Delhi were leading from the metros, whereas Varanasi and Chandigarh were leading from the non-metro places. Endocrinology, Neurology, Cardiology and Infectious Diseases constituted the top four subspecialties from both places. Neurology articles were published more from non-metros (P = 0.03). The timelines from submission to publication varied between 12 and 15 months, and were lesser for articles from the metros (P = 0.01).
Metros and non-metro cities are comparable in publishing trends and research productivity. Places with post-graduate institutes contribute majority of the research articles. Faster publication timelines from metros indicate better manuscript content and preparation.
一个地区的研究产出取决于医生、患者以及开展研究活动所需的基础设施。
我们旨在研究印度医师协会杂志（JAPI）中大城市和非大城市的发表趋势及研究产出。
对2000年至2011年在JAPI上发表的研究文章进行文献计量分析。研究了四类文章（包括简短报告的原创文章、病例报告、通信和图片）的研究产出。根据亚专业、发表时间和两地的研究工作类型对其进行分析。使用Fisher精确检验和Mann-Whitney U检验进行组间比较。采用描述性统计，P<0.05被认为具有统计学意义。
在总共2977篇文章中，1798篇可供分析。大城市发表了46%（825/1798），非大城市发表了54%（973/1798）。原创文章和病例报告占两地已发表文献的3/4。非大城市的图片更多见（P = 0.03）。孟买和德里在大城市中领先，而瓦拉纳西和昌迪加尔在非大城市中领先。内分泌学、神经病学、心脏病学和传染病是两地排名前四的亚专业。非大城市发表的神经病学文章更多（P = 0.03）。从投稿到发表的时间在12至15个月之间，大城市的文章时间更短（P = 0.01）。
大城市和非大城市在发表趋势和研究产出方面具有可比性。有研究生院校所在的地区贡献了大部分研究文章。大城市更快的发表时间表明稿件内容和准备更好。
