BACKGROUND: The monosialoganglioside (GM1) is a popular topic of research but the bibliometric analysis of GM1 over the decades in Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E) remains poorly understood. OBJECTIVE: To...BACKGROUND: The monosialoganglioside (GM1) is a popular topic of research but the bibliometric analysis of GM1 over the decades in Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E) remains poorly understood. OBJECTIVE: To identify the global research and to improve the understanding of research trends in the GM1 field from 1942 to 2011. DESIGN: A bibliometric study. DATA RETRIEVAL: We performed a bibliometric analysis based on the SCI-E published by the Institute of Scientific Information. INCLUSIVE CRITERIA: Articles closely related to GM1 were included. Exclusive criteria: (1) Articles related to gangliosidosis, disialo-ganglioside, trisialo-ganglioside or ganglioside GQIb. (2) Document types such as meeting abstracts, reviews, proceedings papers, notes, and letters. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: (1) Type of publication output; (2) number of author outputs; (3) distribution of output in subject categories; (4) publication distribution of countries; (5) distribution of output in journals, and (6) distribution of citations in each decade. RESULTS: During 1942 to 2011, there were 10 126 papers on GM1 that were added to the SCI. Articles (8 004) were the most frequently used document type comprising 79.0%, followed by meeting abstracts, reviews and proceedings papers. Research on GM1 could be found in the SCI from 1942, it was developed in the 1970s, greatly increased in the 1980s, and reached a peak in the 1990s, and it was slightly decreased in 2000. The distribution of subject categories showed that GM1 research covered both clinical and basic science research. The USA, Japan, and Germany were the three most productive countries, and the publication numbers in the USA were highest in all decades. The Joumal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Neurochemistry and Biochemistry were core subject journals in GM1 studies in each decade. CONCLUSION: This study highlights the topics in GM1 research that are being published around the world.展开更多
SCIENCE CITATION INDEX EXPANDED-NEUROSCIENCES-JOURNAL LIST Total journals: 245 1. ACS CHEMICAL NEUROSCIENCE Monthly ISSN: 1948-7193 AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, USA, DC, 20036 · Science Cita...SCIENCE CITATION INDEX EXPANDED-NEUROSCIENCES-JOURNAL LIST Total journals: 245 1. ACS CHEMICAL NEUROSCIENCE Monthly ISSN: 1948-7193 AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, USA, DC, 20036 · Science Citation Index Expanded · BIOSIS Previews展开更多
Background:Numerous academic studies have explored the utilization of pharmacogenomics in the context of immunologic diseases in recent years.Despite this,there is a notable absence of scientometric analyses focusing ...Background:Numerous academic studies have explored the utilization of pharmacogenomics in the context of immunologic diseases in recent years.Despite this,there is a notable absence of scientometric analyses focusing on the literature within this domain.Methods:This study employs bibliometric methods to systematically categorize the literature pertaining to pharmacogenomics in the context of immune diseases,with the aim of identifying research trends,key areas of interest,and prominent research institutions in this field.Results:Scientometric analysis compared 812 international publications with 71 Chinese publications,finding that the prevailing international research focus is on the precise dosing and therapy of immunosuppressants like mercaptopurine,a topic more extensively explored than in Chinese literature.Conclusion:It is found that the research focus is centered on precision medication and therapy,with a particular emphasis on the utilization of different immunosuppressants like mercaptopurine and tacrolimus.Furthermore,it is anticipated that precision dosing of emerging immunosuppressants like sirolimus will be a significant are a of future research.展开更多
Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine is included in Science Citation Index Expanded Journal List (SCl-E)from 2008 after a strict judgment process.In addition,this journal is also indexed and abstracted by Index Med...Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine is included in Science Citation Index Expanded Journal List (SCl-E)from 2008 after a strict judgment process.In addition,this journal is also indexed and abstracted by Index Medicus/PubMed,Chemical Abstract(CA),Excerpta Medica(EMBASE),Abstract Journal展开更多
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to introduce a new concept and term into the scientometric discourse and research—scientometric implosion—and test the idea on the example of the Armenian journals. The article ...Purpose: The purpose of this study is to introduce a new concept and term into the scientometric discourse and research—scientometric implosion—and test the idea on the example of the Armenian journals. The article argues that the existence of a compressed scientific area in the country makes pressure on the journals and after some time this pressure makes one or several journals explode—break the limited national scientific area and move to the international arena. As soon as one of the local journals breaks through this compressed space and appears at an international level, further explosion happens, which makes the other journals follow the same path.Design/methodology/approach: Our research is based on three international scientific databases—WoS, Scopus, and RISC CC, from where we have retrieved information about the Armenian journals indexed there and citations received by those journals and one national database—the Armenian Science Citation Index. Armenian Journal Impact Factor(ArmJIF) was calculated for the local Armenian journals based on the general impact factor formula. Journals were classified according to Gl?nzel and Schubert(2003). Findings: Our results show that the science policy developed by the scientific authorities of Armenia and the introduction of ArmJIF have made the Armenian journals comply with international standards and resulted in some local journals to break the national scientific territory and be indexed in international scientific databases of RISC, Scopus, and WoS. Apart from complying with technical requirements, the journals start publishing articles also in foreign languages. Although nearly half of the local journals are in the fields of social sciences and humanities, only one journal from that field is indexed in international scientific databases. Research limitation: One of the limitations of the study is that it was performed on the example of only one state and the second one is that more time passage is needed to firmly evaluate the results. However, the introduction of the concept can inspire other similar case study. Practical implications: The new term and relevant model offered in the article can practically be used for the development of national journals.Originality/value: The article proposes a new term and a concept in scientometrics.展开更多
AIM:To explore the global trends and focus of glaucoma research from 2009 to 2018.METHODS:Searching for glaucoma-related articles published in Science Citation Index Expanded(SCIE)database during 2009-2018,and describ...AIM:To explore the global trends and focus of glaucoma research from 2009 to 2018.METHODS:Searching for glaucoma-related articles published in Science Citation Index Expanded(SCIE)database during 2009-2018,and describing the distribution of the published year,countries,authors,institutions,funding agencies,journals,impact factor,citation and hot research topic of articles by using bibliometric methods.Meanwhile,we compared some of these indicators over two five-year periods,from 2009 to 2013 and from 2014 to 2018.RESULTS:A total of 19609 glaucoma-related articles were retrieved and the global SCIE articles have increased yearly from 2009 to 2018.The USA was the pioneer which has made great contributions.China kept the second place and the number of publications has increased rapidly between 2014 and 2018.The author with the highest number of publications was Weinreb,RN.Co-occurrence maps were built amongst the top 50 authors or the top 50 institutions with the most articles,which visualize the closer collaboration of international authors or institutions.The journal Investigative Ophthalmology&Visual Science has published the most papers.Glaucoma literature with an impact factor of 3-5 points accounted for the largest proportion(28.96%).The most frequently cited paper had 798 citations.The top three hot areas on glaucoma were intraocular pressure,optical coherence tomography(OCT)and retinal ganglion cells.And trabecular meshwork,primary angle-closure glaucoma and Spectral-domain OCT have become new hot research topics in recent five years during 2014-2018.CONCLUSION:Bibliometric analysis is an effective method to describe the global literature on glaucoma.In a 10-year literature survey from 2009 to 2018,global glaucoma research has developed in a balanced manner,and the cooperation between various institutions and teams has become closer.Glaucoma-related pathogenesis research,imaging examinations of OCT and surgery therapy have attracted most attention.展开更多
This review aims to clarify the clinical significance of systematic reviews and meta-analyses by illustrating several classical examples.Firstly,systematic reviews can provide the highest level of evidence for clinica...This review aims to clarify the clinical significance of systematic reviews and meta-analyses by illustrating several classical examples.Firstly,systematic reviews can provide the highest level of evidence for clinical decisions.Secondly,systematic reviews can propose unresolved issues and future directions.Thirdly,systematic reviews can avoid harm to the human body.Fourthly,systematic reviews can prevent a waste of resources.Generally speaking,clinical researchers should be encouraged to perform systematic reviews and metaanalyses.展开更多
Background:East Asia is one of the most important economy and research force in the world.However,the trend of published articles in various areas of East Asia has not been reported.Methods:We used PubMed and Web of S...Background:East Asia is one of the most important economy and research force in the world.However,the trend of published articles in various areas of East Asia has not been reported.Methods:We used PubMed and Web of Science databases to search for articles published from China,South Korea,and Japan in 59 nursing journals,from January 2008 to December 2017.Results:The results indicated that Journal of Clinical Nursing is the most popular journal in East Asia and the number of articles published in China has shown a steady upward trend,surpassing Japan and South Korea(from 204 in 2008 to 320 in 2017).South Korea has increased rapidly since 2013(from 65 in 2013 to 144 in 2017).Conclusion:We conclude that China is the most influenced country with the largest number of articles in the field of nursing in East Asia.It is worth noting that the number of articles published in Japan has been slowly declining since 2015.展开更多
Purpose:In relation to the boom in China’s SCI-indexed publications,this opinion piece examines this phenomenon and looks at future possible directions for the reform of China’s research evaluation processes.Design/...Purpose:In relation to the boom in China’s SCI-indexed publications,this opinion piece examines this phenomenon and looks at future possible directions for the reform of China’s research evaluation processes.Design/Approach/Methods:This opinion piece uses bibliographic data for the past decade(2010–2019)from the Science Citation Index Expanded in the Web of Science Core Collection to examine the rise in China’s SCI-indexed publications.Findings:China has surpassed the U.S.and been the largest contributor of SCI publications since 2018.However,while the impact of China’s SCI publications is rising,the scale of this impact still lags behind that of other major contributing countries.China’s SCI publications are also overrepresented in some journals.Originality/Value:Reporting the latest facts about China’s SCI-indexed publications,this article will benefit the reform of China’s research evaluation system.展开更多
This paper aims to examine the heterogeneity of research production between China and the United States by disaggregating the national research production into its constituent components.Different from previous studie...This paper aims to examine the heterogeneity of research production between China and the United States by disaggregating the national research production into its constituent components.Different from previous studies,we introduce the share counting method to determine the number of publications attributed to each country.We analyse bibliographic metadata from over 36 million SCI/SSCI-indexed journal publications published in the period from 2000 to 2021.The research production of China and the United States is decomposed according to the document types,disciplines,and high-impact journals.In the quantitative analysis,the first finding is that China emerged as the world’s largest contributor to SCIindexed publications in 2019 under fractional counting,two years earlier than under whole counting.Surpassing the U.S.in publication count does not indicate a completely surpassing position for China in its scientific production strength,however.When it is divided by document types,China has published a smaller proportion of review-type journal publications than the U.S.;when filtered by disciplines,in the period from 2016 to 2021,China’s research production leads in only 100 of 178 natural science fields and 2of 58 social science fields.The second finding is,when only the number of papers on high-impact journals is considered,China also surpassed the U.S.in 2019;meanwhile,the proportion of high-impact journal papers of China is still lower than that of the U.S.These results reveal that there are different knowledge production patterns in China and the United States.This study contributes to a better understanding of the disparities in research productivity between the top two nations,and suggests several policy implications for China.展开更多
Purpose:This study conducts a systematic review of policy reforms for the evaluation of scientific and technological research(E-STR)in China’s colleges.In doing so,it identifies changes to past policies,as well as th...Purpose:This study conducts a systematic review of policy reforms for the evaluation of scientific and technological research(E-STR)in China’s colleges.In doing so,it identifies changes to past policies,as well as the objectives and realizability of the most recent policy reform.Design/Approach/Methods:This study systematically reviews the contexts of E-STR policy reforms in China’s colleges post 2000 using three important related policy documents from 2003,2013,and 2020 as samples.Research findings were obtained via content analysis.Findings:Unlike previous attempts,the most recent policy reform has incorporated the lessons learned while introducing highly targeted measures and a monitoring mechanism.Such reform should accelerate the promotion of major original scientific research in China’s colleges,enhance the contribution of scientific research to socioeconomic development,and strengthen support for the cultivation of undergraduate talents.Originality/Value:Initiated in the early part of 2000,China’s latest E-STR policy reform constitutes an important turning point in the initiative to burst the research bubble and return to the essence of innovation.It will drive China’s colleges to embark on a research path that places value on original innovation and contribution to socioeconomic development.展开更多
Background Cancer is a global disease that knows no borders. Over the past decade, oncology research had developed rapidly worldwide. The aim of this study was to evaluate the publication characteristics in oncology j...Background Cancer is a global disease that knows no borders. Over the past decade, oncology research had developed rapidly worldwide. The aim of this study was to evaluate the publication characteristics in oncology journals from China and other top-ranking countries. Methods The present study was designed to study publication characteristics in oncology journals from China and other top-ranking countries, the United States (USA), Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom (UK) and France, from 2001 to 2010. We also examined the research output from the three different regions of China: the mainland of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Results Articles published in 163 journals related to oncology were retrieved from the PubMed database. The number of articles showed significantly positive trends for the six countries. The percentage of articles in the world output showed a significantly positive increase in contributions from China, especially the mainland of China. China contributed 4.5% of the total 163 journals, and 2.5% of the journals with the top 10% impact factor (IF) scores. USA contributed 31.4% of the total world output, 40.5% of the top 10% IF score journals and ranked the first. Conclusions This analysis described the research output from each country and region of China, and revealed the positive trend in China during 2001 and 2010. Also, by contrast with other top-ranking countries, these results imply that China falls behind the others in conducting hi qh-quality oncolocjy research.展开更多
文摘BACKGROUND: The monosialoganglioside (GM1) is a popular topic of research but the bibliometric analysis of GM1 over the decades in Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E) remains poorly understood. OBJECTIVE: To identify the global research and to improve the understanding of research trends in the GM1 field from 1942 to 2011. DESIGN: A bibliometric study. DATA RETRIEVAL: We performed a bibliometric analysis based on the SCI-E published by the Institute of Scientific Information. INCLUSIVE CRITERIA: Articles closely related to GM1 were included. Exclusive criteria: (1) Articles related to gangliosidosis, disialo-ganglioside, trisialo-ganglioside or ganglioside GQIb. (2) Document types such as meeting abstracts, reviews, proceedings papers, notes, and letters. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: (1) Type of publication output; (2) number of author outputs; (3) distribution of output in subject categories; (4) publication distribution of countries; (5) distribution of output in journals, and (6) distribution of citations in each decade. RESULTS: During 1942 to 2011, there were 10 126 papers on GM1 that were added to the SCI. Articles (8 004) were the most frequently used document type comprising 79.0%, followed by meeting abstracts, reviews and proceedings papers. Research on GM1 could be found in the SCI from 1942, it was developed in the 1970s, greatly increased in the 1980s, and reached a peak in the 1990s, and it was slightly decreased in 2000. The distribution of subject categories showed that GM1 research covered both clinical and basic science research. The USA, Japan, and Germany were the three most productive countries, and the publication numbers in the USA were highest in all decades. The Joumal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Neurochemistry and Biochemistry were core subject journals in GM1 studies in each decade. CONCLUSION: This study highlights the topics in GM1 research that are being published around the world.
文摘SCIENCE CITATION INDEX EXPANDED-NEUROSCIENCES-JOURNAL LIST Total journals: 245 1. ACS CHEMICAL NEUROSCIENCE Monthly ISSN: 1948-7193 AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, USA, DC, 20036 · Science Citation Index Expanded · BIOSIS Previews
基金the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFC2702005)Beijing Hospitals Authority’s Ascent Plan(DFL20221001)+1 种基金R&D Program of Beijing Municipal Education Commission(KZ202210025030)Beijing Municipal Hospital Scientific Research and Cultivation Program(PX2023043).
文摘Background:Numerous academic studies have explored the utilization of pharmacogenomics in the context of immunologic diseases in recent years.Despite this,there is a notable absence of scientometric analyses focusing on the literature within this domain.Methods:This study employs bibliometric methods to systematically categorize the literature pertaining to pharmacogenomics in the context of immune diseases,with the aim of identifying research trends,key areas of interest,and prominent research institutions in this field.Results:Scientometric analysis compared 812 international publications with 71 Chinese publications,finding that the prevailing international research focus is on the precise dosing and therapy of immunosuppressants like mercaptopurine,a topic more extensively explored than in Chinese literature.Conclusion:It is found that the research focus is centered on precision medication and therapy,with a particular emphasis on the utilization of different immunosuppressants like mercaptopurine and tacrolimus.Furthermore,it is anticipated that precision dosing of emerging immunosuppressants like sirolimus will be a significant are a of future research.
文摘Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine is included in Science Citation Index Expanded Journal List (SCl-E)from 2008 after a strict judgment process.In addition,this journal is also indexed and abstracted by Index Medicus/PubMed,Chemical Abstract(CA),Excerpta Medica(EMBASE),Abstract Journal
文摘Purpose: The purpose of this study is to introduce a new concept and term into the scientometric discourse and research—scientometric implosion—and test the idea on the example of the Armenian journals. The article argues that the existence of a compressed scientific area in the country makes pressure on the journals and after some time this pressure makes one or several journals explode—break the limited national scientific area and move to the international arena. As soon as one of the local journals breaks through this compressed space and appears at an international level, further explosion happens, which makes the other journals follow the same path.Design/methodology/approach: Our research is based on three international scientific databases—WoS, Scopus, and RISC CC, from where we have retrieved information about the Armenian journals indexed there and citations received by those journals and one national database—the Armenian Science Citation Index. Armenian Journal Impact Factor(ArmJIF) was calculated for the local Armenian journals based on the general impact factor formula. Journals were classified according to Gl?nzel and Schubert(2003). Findings: Our results show that the science policy developed by the scientific authorities of Armenia and the introduction of ArmJIF have made the Armenian journals comply with international standards and resulted in some local journals to break the national scientific territory and be indexed in international scientific databases of RISC, Scopus, and WoS. Apart from complying with technical requirements, the journals start publishing articles also in foreign languages. Although nearly half of the local journals are in the fields of social sciences and humanities, only one journal from that field is indexed in international scientific databases. Research limitation: One of the limitations of the study is that it was performed on the example of only one state and the second one is that more time passage is needed to firmly evaluate the results. However, the introduction of the concept can inspire other similar case study. Practical implications: The new term and relevant model offered in the article can practically be used for the development of national journals.Originality/value: The article proposes a new term and a concept in scientometrics.
文摘AIM:To explore the global trends and focus of glaucoma research from 2009 to 2018.METHODS:Searching for glaucoma-related articles published in Science Citation Index Expanded(SCIE)database during 2009-2018,and describing the distribution of the published year,countries,authors,institutions,funding agencies,journals,impact factor,citation and hot research topic of articles by using bibliometric methods.Meanwhile,we compared some of these indicators over two five-year periods,from 2009 to 2013 and from 2014 to 2018.RESULTS:A total of 19609 glaucoma-related articles were retrieved and the global SCIE articles have increased yearly from 2009 to 2018.The USA was the pioneer which has made great contributions.China kept the second place and the number of publications has increased rapidly between 2014 and 2018.The author with the highest number of publications was Weinreb,RN.Co-occurrence maps were built amongst the top 50 authors or the top 50 institutions with the most articles,which visualize the closer collaboration of international authors or institutions.The journal Investigative Ophthalmology&Visual Science has published the most papers.Glaucoma literature with an impact factor of 3-5 points accounted for the largest proportion(28.96%).The most frequently cited paper had 798 citations.The top three hot areas on glaucoma were intraocular pressure,optical coherence tomography(OCT)and retinal ganglion cells.And trabecular meshwork,primary angle-closure glaucoma and Spectral-domain OCT have become new hot research topics in recent five years during 2014-2018.CONCLUSION:Bibliometric analysis is an effective method to describe the global literature on glaucoma.In a 10-year literature survey from 2009 to 2018,global glaucoma research has developed in a balanced manner,and the cooperation between various institutions and teams has become closer.Glaucoma-related pathogenesis research,imaging examinations of OCT and surgery therapy have attracted most attention.
文摘This review aims to clarify the clinical significance of systematic reviews and meta-analyses by illustrating several classical examples.Firstly,systematic reviews can provide the highest level of evidence for clinical decisions.Secondly,systematic reviews can propose unresolved issues and future directions.Thirdly,systematic reviews can avoid harm to the human body.Fourthly,systematic reviews can prevent a waste of resources.Generally speaking,clinical researchers should be encouraged to perform systematic reviews and metaanalyses.
基金the Shaanxi Province Soft Science Research Project(No.2015KRM120).
文摘Background:East Asia is one of the most important economy and research force in the world.However,the trend of published articles in various areas of East Asia has not been reported.Methods:We used PubMed and Web of Science databases to search for articles published from China,South Korea,and Japan in 59 nursing journals,from January 2008 to December 2017.Results:The results indicated that Journal of Clinical Nursing is the most popular journal in East Asia and the number of articles published in China has shown a steady upward trend,surpassing Japan and South Korea(from 204 in 2008 to 320 in 2017).South Korea has increased rapidly since 2013(from 65 in 2013 to 144 in 2017).Conclusion:We conclude that China is the most influenced country with the largest number of articles in the field of nursing in East Asia.It is worth noting that the number of articles published in Japan has been slowly declining since 2015.
基金supported by the Zhejiang Province Natural Science Foundation[Grant number#LQ18G030010].
文摘Purpose:In relation to the boom in China’s SCI-indexed publications,this opinion piece examines this phenomenon and looks at future possible directions for the reform of China’s research evaluation processes.Design/Approach/Methods:This opinion piece uses bibliographic data for the past decade(2010–2019)from the Science Citation Index Expanded in the Web of Science Core Collection to examine the rise in China’s SCI-indexed publications.Findings:China has surpassed the U.S.and been the largest contributor of SCI publications since 2018.However,while the impact of China’s SCI publications is rising,the scale of this impact still lags behind that of other major contributing countries.China’s SCI publications are also overrepresented in some journals.Originality/Value:Reporting the latest facts about China’s SCI-indexed publications,this article will benefit the reform of China’s research evaluation system.
基金supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(72022021)
文摘This paper aims to examine the heterogeneity of research production between China and the United States by disaggregating the national research production into its constituent components.Different from previous studies,we introduce the share counting method to determine the number of publications attributed to each country.We analyse bibliographic metadata from over 36 million SCI/SSCI-indexed journal publications published in the period from 2000 to 2021.The research production of China and the United States is decomposed according to the document types,disciplines,and high-impact journals.In the quantitative analysis,the first finding is that China emerged as the world’s largest contributor to SCIindexed publications in 2019 under fractional counting,two years earlier than under whole counting.Surpassing the U.S.in publication count does not indicate a completely surpassing position for China in its scientific production strength,however.When it is divided by document types,China has published a smaller proportion of review-type journal publications than the U.S.;when filtered by disciplines,in the period from 2016 to 2021,China’s research production leads in only 100 of 178 natural science fields and 2of 58 social science fields.The second finding is,when only the number of papers on high-impact journals is considered,China also surpassed the U.S.in 2019;meanwhile,the proportion of high-impact journal papers of China is still lower than that of the U.S.These results reveal that there are different knowledge production patterns in China and the United States.This study contributes to a better understanding of the disparities in research productivity between the top two nations,and suggests several policy implications for China.
文摘Purpose:This study conducts a systematic review of policy reforms for the evaluation of scientific and technological research(E-STR)in China’s colleges.In doing so,it identifies changes to past policies,as well as the objectives and realizability of the most recent policy reform.Design/Approach/Methods:This study systematically reviews the contexts of E-STR policy reforms in China’s colleges post 2000 using three important related policy documents from 2003,2013,and 2020 as samples.Research findings were obtained via content analysis.Findings:Unlike previous attempts,the most recent policy reform has incorporated the lessons learned while introducing highly targeted measures and a monitoring mechanism.Such reform should accelerate the promotion of major original scientific research in China’s colleges,enhance the contribution of scientific research to socioeconomic development,and strengthen support for the cultivation of undergraduate talents.Originality/Value:Initiated in the early part of 2000,China’s latest E-STR policy reform constitutes an important turning point in the initiative to burst the research bubble and return to the essence of innovation.It will drive China’s colleges to embark on a research path that places value on original innovation and contribution to socioeconomic development.
文摘Background Cancer is a global disease that knows no borders. Over the past decade, oncology research had developed rapidly worldwide. The aim of this study was to evaluate the publication characteristics in oncology journals from China and other top-ranking countries. Methods The present study was designed to study publication characteristics in oncology journals from China and other top-ranking countries, the United States (USA), Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom (UK) and France, from 2001 to 2010. We also examined the research output from the three different regions of China: the mainland of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Results Articles published in 163 journals related to oncology were retrieved from the PubMed database. The number of articles showed significantly positive trends for the six countries. The percentage of articles in the world output showed a significantly positive increase in contributions from China, especially the mainland of China. China contributed 4.5% of the total 163 journals, and 2.5% of the journals with the top 10% impact factor (IF) scores. USA contributed 31.4% of the total world output, 40.5% of the top 10% IF score journals and ranked the first. Conclusions This analysis described the research output from each country and region of China, and revealed the positive trend in China during 2001 and 2010. Also, by contrast with other top-ranking countries, these results imply that China falls behind the others in conducting hi qh-quality oncolocjy research.