Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
J Korean Med Sci. 2019 Mar 11;34(11):e95. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2019.34.e95. eCollection 2019 Mar 25.
The prevalence, incidence, and mortality rates of tuberculosis (TB) have declined steadily in Korea since 1965. This study aimed to identify the characteristics and provide quantitative analysis of published medical literatures on TB written by researchers based in Korea.
We conducted a systematic literature search via the Web of Science database for articles in Science Citation Index (Expanded) journals, on TB, and published by researchers based in Korea, from inception to 2017. All articles were analyzed by publication year, publishing journal, article type, study design, research institutes, and research funds.
During the study period, we identified 1,101 articles and included them for analysis. The first was published in 1979, while 105 were published in 2017. Between 1979 and 2017, the compound annual growth rate of TB articles by researchers based in Korea was 13.0%. Among 1,101 articles, 682 (61.9%) were clinical research and 383 (34.8%) were basic research. Studies with cross-sectional design were the most common type among the clinical research, while biochemistry was the most common field among the basic research. The number of articles dealing with diagnostics or treatment has increased significantly, although the number of articles on vaccines, and on operational and public health, has only a slight increase. The Ministry of Health and Welfare of Korea funded studies yielding 178 (20.1%) articles.
Articles on TB, especially those on clinical aspects, and published by researchers based in Korea have been increasing rapidly since 1979.
自 1965 年以来，韩国的结核病（TB）发病率、患病率和死亡率稳步下降。本研究旨在确定韩国研究人员发表的结核病医学文献的特点，并对其进行定量分析。
我们通过 Web of Science 数据库对科学引文索引（扩展）期刊上发表的有关结核病的文章进行了系统的文献检索，这些文章由韩国的研究人员撰写，时间跨度为 1965 年至 2017 年。所有文章均根据出版年份、出版期刊、文章类型、研究设计、研究机构和研究资金进行了分析。
在研究期间，我们确定了 1101 篇文章并进行了分析。第一篇文章发表于 1979 年，而 2017 年发表的文章有 105 篇。1979 年至 2017 年间，韩国研究人员发表的结核病文章的复合年增长率为 13.0%。在 1101 篇文章中，682 篇（61.9%）为临床研究，383 篇（34.8%）为基础研究。横断面设计的研究是临床研究中最常见的类型，而生物化学是基础研究中最常见的领域。尽管疫苗、操作和公共卫生方面的文章数量略有增加，但涉及诊断或治疗的文章数量显著增加。韩国保健福利部资助了 178 篇（20.1%）文章的研究。
自 1979 年以来，韩国研究人员发表的结核病文章，特别是临床方面的文章，数量迅速增加。
