Chang Hsiao-Ting, Lin Ming-Hwai, Hwang I-Hsuan, Chen Tzeng-Ji, Lin Han-Chieh, Hou Ming-Chih, Hwang Shinn-Jang
Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Institute of Public Health and Community Medicine Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
J Chin Med Assoc. 2017 Feb;80(2):80-85. doi: 10.1016/j.jcma.2016.06.006. Epub 2016 Oct 27.
Scientific publications are important for evaluating the achievements of a medical specialty or discipline. Gastroenterology and Hepatology is a medical specialty in great demand in Taiwan, therefore, this study aimed to analyze the Gastroenterology and Hepatology publications from 1993 to 2013 in Taiwan, using the Web of Science (WoS) database.
Scientific publications from departments/institutes of gastroenterology and hepatology were retrieved and analyzed from the WoS database, which included articles published in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Science Citation Index journals from 1993 to 2013.
Among 229,030 articles published from departments/institutes of gastroenterology and hepatology worldwide during 1993-2013, 5061 (2.21%) were published in Taiwan, ranking the country 13 in the world. In total, 4759 articles from Taiwan were selected for further analysis, excluding meeting abstracts and corrections. During these two decades, the number of gastroenterology and hepatology publications increased rapidly. There were 440 articles published during 1993-1997, 646 articles during 1998-2002, 1211 articles during 2003-2007, and up to 2462 articles during 2008-2013. However, the mean number of articles cited decreased from 25.35 to 27.25 to 20.64 to 7.28, and the mean impact factor of publishing journals decreased from 5.0 to 4.20 to 4.13 to 4.03 during 1993-1997, 1998-2002, 2003-2007, and 2008-2013, respectively. Most of those publications belong to the subject category gastroenterology and hepatology (2346 articles, 49.30%), followed by surgery (677 articles, 14.23%), medicine, general and internal (358 articles, 7.52%), oncology (316 articles, 6.64%), and pharmacology pharmacy (286 articles, 6.01%). The Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology published the most papers (326 articles, 6.9%), followed by World Journal of Gastroenterology (201 articles, 4.2%), Hepato-Gastroenterology (165 articles, 3.5%), Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (159 articles, 3.3%), and Hepatology (146 articles, 3.1%).
Scientific publications from departments/institutes of gastroenterology and hepatology in Taiwan increased rapidly from 1993 to 2013. However, there were decreasing trends in the number of articles cited and journal impact factors.
科学出版物对于评估医学专业或学科的成就很重要。胃肠病学和肝病学是台湾急需的医学专业，因此，本研究旨在利用科学网（WoS）数据库分析1993年至2013年台湾的胃肠病学和肝病学出版物。
从WoS数据库中检索并分析胃肠病学和肝病学部门/机构的科学出版物，其中包括1993年至2013年发表在《科学引文索引扩展版》和《社会科学引文索引》期刊上的文章。
1993 - 2013年全球胃肠病学和肝病学部门/机构发表的229,030篇文章中，有5061篇（2.21%）在台湾发表，台湾在世界排名第13。总共选取了4759篇台湾的文章进行进一步分析，排除会议摘要和勘误。在这二十年中，胃肠病学和肝病学出版物数量迅速增加。1993 - 1997年发表了440篇文章，1998 - 2002年发表了646篇文章，2003 - 2007年发表了1211篇文章，2008 - 2013年多达2462篇文章。然而，文章的平均被引次数从25.35降至27.25再降至20.64最后降至7.28，发表期刊的平均影响因子在1993 - 1997年、1998 - 2002年、2003 - 2007年和2008 - 2013年分别从5.0降至4.20再降至4.13最后降至4.03。这些出版物大多属于胃肠病学和肝病学主题类别（2346篇文章，占比为49.30%），其次是外科学（677篇文章，占比14.23%）、普通内科医学（358篇文章，占比7.52%）、肿瘤学（316篇文章，占比6.64%）以及药理学与药剂学（286篇文章，占比6.01%）。《胃肠病学和肝病学杂志》发表的论文最多（326篇文章占比6.9%），其次是《世界胃肠病学杂志》（201篇文章占比4.2%）、《胃肠病与肝病学》（165篇文章占比3.5%）、《胃肠内镜学》（159篇文章占比3.3%）以及《肝脏病学》（146篇文章占比3.1%）。
1993年至2013年台湾胃肠病学和肝病学部门/机构的科学出版物数量迅速增加。然而，文章被引次数和期刊影响因子呈下降趋势。
