Bibliometric analysis of Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics from 2010 to 2015

Abstract

Objective To investigate the distribution of authors, funding, institutions and regions of Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics between 2010 and 2015, understand the types and characteristics of authors' cooperation, identify the core author, core institutions and core regions, as well as evaluate academic level and journal quality from the view of literature citation. Methods According to Chinese Science Citation Database (referred CSCD) and bibliometric methods, we made statistical analysis, including the number of papers, cooperation, core authors, regional distribution of authors, systematic distribution of authors, productive institutions, funding sources and distribution. On the basis of Chinese science and technology journal citation reports (Compendex) from 2013 to 2015, the main indicators and coupling relationship of bone surgery journals were evaluated. Results From 2010 to 2015, Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics published 1 342 papers. There were 1 009 first authors, among which 802 authors (79.48%, 802/1 009) published only one paper; 1 293 co-author papers contributed to 96.35% cooperation rate and 5.69 degree of cooperation. Forty-nine papers (3.65%, 49/1 342) had only one author, and 799 papers (59.54%, 799/1 342) were published by affiliated Hospital, 321 papers (23.92%, 321/1 342) by provincial and municipal hospitals, 138 papers (10.28%,138/1 342) by military hospital. There were 63 (6.24%, 63/1 009) core authors publishing 252 papers (18.78%, 252/1 342), and 20 productive institution publishing 630 papers (46.94%, 630/1 342) in which Beijing was ranked at No.1 with 238 papers (17.73%, 238/1 342). From 2010 to 2015, Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics publishing papers got 652 funding. From 2012 to 2014, its core total citations were 10 153, ranked No.1 in bone surgery journals in 2012 and ranked No.2 in 2013-2014; impact factors rose from ranked No.4 in 2012 to ranked No.2 in 2014, and the comprehensive evaluation of total score ranked No.1 in 2012-2014. Conclusion Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics has a strong team with a large number of authors, extensive source of institutions, a wide regional distribution, high cooperation rate, and strong ability to attract assistance funded paper. Affiliated Hospital and provincial and municipal hospitals are the main source of paper in the journal. Its core total citations, impact factor, subject diffusion index, academic impact indicators, comprehensive evaluation score were located in front rank of the same field of journals. Key words: Bibliometrics; Journal article; Journal impact factor