Bibliometric analysis of the Chinese Journal of Hepatobiliary Surgery

Abstract

Objective To identify the researchers' productivity,the citation states and the grant patterns of the Chinese Journal of Hepatobiliary Surgery through citation analysis.Methods Articles published in the Chinese Journal of Hepatobiliary Surgery between 2009 to 2012 were collected from the Chinese Science Citation Database.These articles were analyzed with statistics and bibliometrics.The indicators included cooperation degree,core authors,distribution of grant,authors' origin and citation states.Results Of the 1321 papers which were published by the journal during the study period,505 papers were cited 923 times.Of the 1111 first authors,957 (86.14％) published one paper only.There were 154 core authors (13.86％ of first authors),and they published 364 papers (27.55％).There were 14 high-productivity institutes,which published 299 papers (22.63％).According to the geographical distribution,Beijing ranked first with 190 (14.38％) papers.The second was Shanghai with 156 (11.81％),the third was Jiangshu province with 134 (10.14％),the fourth was Zhejiang province with 132 (9.99％),and the fifth was Guangdong province with 101 (7.65 ％) papers.1262 papers were completed by collaborate teams of more than one author.The cooperative rate was 95.53％ and the cooperative degree was 4.67.361 papers were funded by 553 supporting foundations.Conclusions The authors of the Chinese Journal of Hepatobiliary Surgery were geographically widely distributed.Some were core authors with high-productivity.They were highly cited and with good cooperation degree.Beijing,Shanghai,Jiangshu,Zhejiang and Guangdong provinces play important roles in research on hepatobiliary surgery. Key words: Chinese Journal of Hepatobiliary Surgery; Author; Bibliometrics