Powers R D
Emergency Medicine Services, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville.
Am J Emerg Med. 1988 Nov;6(6):647-50. doi: 10.1016/0735-6757(88)90111-8.
As emergency medicine comes of age, it is interesting to examine the scientific nature of the specialty as reflected in the literature. Representative volumes of three emergency medicine journals were reviewed for number and type of article, institutional origin, article length, and number of authors. For Annals of Emergency Medicine, (AEM) volumes for 1975, 1980, and 1985 were studied. For The American Journal of Emergency Medicine (AJEM) and The Journal of Emergency Medicine (JEM), articles from the first 12 months of publication (1983 to 1984) and the complete 1986 issue were examined. Analysis of the scientific sections of the journals discloses some interesting trends. While the average article length has remained about the same (four to six pages), the average number of authors per article has steadily risen. The percentage of articles listing an academic origin has remained steady in AEM and JEM, but has risen in AJEM. Multicenter collaborations and basic science articles are appearing with significantly increased frequency. A noteworthy trend is the rise in multiple authorship of articles. There have been significant p less than 10(-4] increases in the number of multiple-authored (more than three authors) articles in AEM and JEM. As reflected by the literature, scientific progress in EM is maintaining a rapid pace. However, there are increasing numbers of papers with multiple authors. Listing of multiple authors on papers has prompted criticism of the literature in other medical specialties. If this trend continues, there may be a risk of compromising the integrity of the published research.
随着急诊医学走向成熟，审视该专业在文献中所反映出的科学性质是很有意思的。对三种急诊医学期刊的代表性卷册进行了审查，内容包括文章数量和类型、机构来源、文章长度以及作者数量。对于《急诊医学年鉴》（AEM），研究了1975年、1980年和1985年的卷册。对于《美国急诊医学杂志》（AJEM）和《急诊医学杂志》（JEM），审查了创刊头12个月（1983年至1984年）的文章以及1986年的完整期刊。对这些期刊科学板块的分析揭示了一些有趣的趋势。虽然文章的平均长度基本保持不变（四至六页），但每篇文章的平均作者数量却在稳步上升。在AEM和JEM中，列出学术来源的文章所占百分比保持稳定，但在AJEM中有所上升。多中心合作和基础科学文章出现的频率显著增加。一个值得注意的趋势是文章多作者现象的增加。在AEM和JEM中，多作者（超过三位作者）文章的数量有显著增加（p小于10⁻⁴）。正如文献所反映的，急诊医学的科学进展保持着快速的步伐。然而，多作者的论文数量越来越多。论文列出多个作者引发了其他医学专业对文献的批评。如果这种趋势持续下去，可能存在损害已发表研究完整性的风险。
