《中华手外科杂志》引文变迁分析

Analysis of the citation change of the Chinese Journal of Hand Surgery

目的 了解我国手外科学领域论文引文的一般规律和著者吸收利用科技文献的实际情况。方法 利用文献计量学方法和引文分析法 ,对《中华手外科杂志》5年 ( 1995年～ 1999年 )的论文引文的平均值、引文的类型等进行统计学分析。结果 论文平均引文量为 5 .4条 ,中外文的比例为 1∶1.3 ,期刊占总引文量的 87.1% ,引文自引率为 11.0 %。被引文献峰值 ( 9.8% )是在发表后的第 4年 ,文献半衰期为 6～ 7年。结论 期刊是手外科学论文的主要引文源 ,按照布拉德福的文献离散规律 ,找出 8种核心期刊而《中华手外科杂志》在其中占首位。

Objective To provide the general information of article citation in the field of hand surgery and the actual utilization of the scientific literatures. Methods Statistical analysis of the issues of the Chinese Journal of Hand Surgery from 1995 to 1999 was carried out by using bibliometrics and citation analysis. The average value of article citation and the type of the articles cited were analyzed. Results The average article citation was 5.4, while the ratio of Chinese to foreign language literatures was 1:1.3. Citations from periodicals accounted for 87.1 % and the rate of self - citation was 11.0 %. The peak value of background literature (9.8%) occurred at the 4th year after publication. The half life of literature was 6 ～ 7 years. Conclusions Periodicals were the main source of citation in papers of hand surgery. According to Bradfords' dispersion law of literature, 8 journals were defined as core literature. The Chinese Journal of Hand Surgery was the first among them.