Xin Shujun, Mauro Jacqueline A, Mauro Theodora M, Elias Peter M, Man Mao-Qiang
The Center for Skin Physiology Research, Dalian Skin Disease Hospital, Liaoning, China.
Int J Dermatol. 2014 Oct;53(10):e438-42. doi: 10.1111/ijd.12272. Epub 2013 Aug 22.
China has been experiencing huge changes in all aspects, including dermatologic research, since its reform in 1978. However, it is not known how the economic and intellectual development has influenced the publication trends in the field of dermatology, which could mirror the scientific development in other medical disciplines. In the present study, we analyzed publication trends from dermatology departments in mainland China from 2002 to 2011.
All publication data were obtained from www.pubmed.com. Only papers published from dermatology departments in mainland China were used for analysis.
The number of publications increased 10-fold over this 10-year period. A total of 1231 articles were published in English in 251 journals between 2002 and 2011. A total of 129 journals published only one paper from dermatology departments in mainland China. Over 60% of articles were original research, and 21.7% were case reports. Among these 251 journals, foremost was the Journal of Clinical Experimental Dermatology, which published 5.9% of all papers from mainland China; 2.7% of papers were published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. The number of publications positively correlated with the changes in gross domestic product per capita during the study period.
These results suggest that the number of publications in the dermatology field has increased markedly in mainland China over the last 10 years. This dramatic increase in publications could be attributed, at least partially, to the significant improvement in economic conditions in mainland China.
自1978年改革开放以来，中国在各个方面都经历了巨大的变化，包括皮肤病学研究。然而，经济和智力发展如何影响皮肤病学领域的出版趋势尚不清楚，而这可能反映其他医学学科的科学发展情况。在本研究中，我们分析了2002年至2011年中国大陆皮肤科的出版趋势。
所有出版数据均从www.pubmed.com获取。仅使用中国大陆皮肤科发表的论文进行分析。
在这10年期间，出版物数量增加了10倍。2002年至2011年期间，共有1231篇文章以英文发表在251种期刊上。共有129种期刊仅发表了一篇来自中国大陆皮肤科的论文。超过60%的文章是原创研究，21.7%是病例报告。在这251种期刊中，首要的是《临床实验皮肤病学杂志》，发表了来自中国大陆所有论文的5.9%；2.7%的论文发表在《皮肤病学研究杂志》上。出版物数量与研究期间人均国内生产总值的变化呈正相关。
这些结果表明，在过去10年中，中国大陆皮肤病学领域的出版物数量显著增加。出版物的这种显著增加至少部分可归因于中国大陆经济状况的显著改善。
