Kong Byung Ho, Choi Jae Kyung, Lee San-Sung, Kim Ji Young
Department of Family Medicine, Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Korean J Fam Med. 2024 Aug 2. doi: 10.4082/kjfm.24.0023.
The Korean Journal of Family Medicine (KJFM), which is an official journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine, is an English-text medical journal published since 2009. Although nearly 15 years have passed since the journal was launched, to the best of our knowledge, no study has reviewed articles published in the KJFM. Accordingly, we analyzed articles published in the KJFM for the first time.
Articles published in the KJFM between January 2018 and November 2023 were categorized according to article type. Information about author affiliations, study subjects, research methods, and modes of data collection was then scrutinized. Moreover, we compared the frequencies of subjects, research methods and modes of data collection before, during, and after the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Original article was the most common article type. Approximately 52% of the articles were published by authors affiliated with departments other than family medicine, and 40% were published by family medicine. Approximately 60% and 38% of the articles were published by Korean authors and authors of international affiliations, respectively. Throughout the pandemic periods, research subjects focusing on "diseases & symptoms" have diminished, while "principles of family medicine" have progressively increased. Additionally, the use of cross-sectional study methods has declined. In terms of data collection, the use of "big data," "medical records," and "questionnaires" has decreased, whereas the use of "study results" has increased.
KJFM is journal with wide and international participation covering various research subjects and study methods. We believe that our study provides valuable data for the future direction and development of the KJFM.
《韩国家庭医学杂志》（KJFM）是韩国家庭医学学会的官方期刊，是一本自2009年起出版的英文医学期刊。尽管该期刊创刊已近15年，但据我们所知，尚无研究对发表在《韩国家庭医学杂志》上的文章进行综述。因此，我们首次对发表在《韩国家庭医学杂志》上的文章进行了分析。
将2018年1月至2023年11月发表在《韩国家庭医学杂志》上的文章按文章类型进行分类。然后仔细审查有关作者单位、研究对象、研究方法和数据收集方式的信息。此外，我们比较了2019冠状病毒病大流行之前、期间和之后研究对象、研究方法和数据收集方式的频率。
原创文章是最常见的文章类型。约52%的文章由家庭医学以外科室的作者发表，40%由家庭医学作者发表。约60%和38%的文章分别由韩国作者和国际机构作者发表。在整个大流行期间，关注“疾病与症状”的研究对象有所减少，而“家庭医学原则”则逐渐增加。此外，横断面研究方法的使用有所下降。在数据收集方面，“大数据”“病历”和“问卷”的使用减少，而“研究结果”的使用增加。
《韩国家庭医学杂志》是一本具有广泛国际参与度、涵盖各种研究主题和研究方法的期刊。我们相信我们的研究为《韩国家庭医学杂志》的未来方向和发展提供了有价值的数据。
