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Abstract Background: The incidence and mortality of malignant diseases keep increasing in East Asia, especially in China. The research status on oncology in East Asia is largely unknown. The quality and quantity of academic publications can reflect the research activity. Here, we analyzed contributions of Japan, Korea and China in this field. Methods: We searched PubMed and Web of Science databases for articles published in oncology journals between 2003 and 2012. The total number of articles, citations, impact factors, and the number of articles published in high Impact Factor and the most popular oncology journals were compared among the contributing authors from Japan, Korea and China. Results: During the past decade from 2003 to 2012, 31,338 related articles were published in 96 oncology journals selected. The number of articles from China increased significantly, while there was a notable decline in Japan, and a modest increase in Korea, with an annual incremental rate of 24.97%, -1.69% and 12.66%, respectively. However, the accumulative IF of articles from Japan was higher than that from China (6298.8 vs. 3970.5, p = 0.059) and Korea (6298.8 vs. 2017.2, p = 0.005). Japanese oncologists contributed more publications to international oncology societies with respect to clinical trials, randomized controlled trials and case reports, and published more articles in top oncology journals as compared with China (1212 vs. 524, p = 0.015) and Korea (1212 vs. 344, p = 0.008). Conclusions: Although oncology research in China has been greatly improved over the past 10 years, there is still a significant gap between China and Japan with respect to high-level research on oncology. It is therefore an unshakable responsibility for Chinese oncologists to conduct high level original research and clinical trials on oncology, given China's big population and high cancer incidences. Note:This abstract was not presented at the conference. Citation Format: Zhiqi Yu, Junjie Xing, Yan Du, Hantao Wang, Guangwen Cao, Chuangang Fu. Trends in academic publications on oncology in East Asia: A 10-year survey of the English literature in China, Japan and Korea. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research; 2013 Oct 27-30; National Harbor, MD. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Can Prev Res 2013;6(11 Suppl): Abstract nr B14.
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