Objective： To determine the extent to which Chinese medical （CM） journals incorporate Consolidated Standards for Reporting of Trials （CONSORT） into their ＂instruction to authors＂. Methods： We reviewed the late...Objective： To determine the extent to which Chinese medical （CM） journals incorporate Consolidated Standards for Reporting of Trials （CONSORT） into their ＂instruction to authors＂. Methods： We reviewed the latest ＂instruction to authors＂ of the CM journals in China which indexed by MEDLINE in 2010 or Excerpta Medica Database （EMBASE） in 2012 and extracted all information of CONSORT, International Committee of Medical Journal Editors （ICMJE）, other reporting guidelines or clinical trial registration. By reading the instructions to authors and reviewing recent studies published in those journals, those that do not publish clinical trials were excluded. We also contacted each of journals by telephone on contributor＇s status to ask them whether mentioned CONSORT in their instructions and incorporated it into their editorial and peer-review process. Full-text papers of randomized controlled trials （RCTs, from January 2011 to March 2012） published in the journals which mentioned ＂CONSORT＂ in their instructions for authors were downloaded. Results： Seven CM journals were included. Three of these journals mentioned CONSORT in its instructions. By telephone survey, all journals gave responses and all respondents knew CONSORT statement. Three of 7 journals required authors to comply with the CONSORT statement and provide the CONSORT checklist and a flow chart of the trial. The rest 4 journals recommended authors of RCTs to refer to the CONSORT statement. From January 2011 to March 2012, a total of 50 RCTs were obtained from the 3 journals endorsing the CONSORT statement; 17 （17/50, 34%） contained a flow diagram in their manuscript, and none of those RCTs had mentioned the trial registration information. Conclusions： The endorsement of CONSORT by CM journals＇ ＂instruction to authors＂ was not satisfactory. The spread of CONSORT endorsement should be wider in instructing the performance of CM clinical trials in the future. Chinese journals should introduce CONSORT to their authors and require authors to comply with CONSORT when they submit their research.展开更多
Aims andscope of the Journal .Medical Journal of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (Med J Chin PLA) is a multiple-subjects medical periodical published by the People’s Military Medical Press,under the auspice of Depa...Aims andscope of the Journal .Medical Journal of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (Med J Chin PLA) is a multiple-subjects medical periodical published by the People’s Military Medical Press,under the auspice of Department ofHealth, General Logistics Department of PLA,andit is issued展开更多
Aims andscope of the Journal.Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army(Med J Chin PLA)is a multiple-subjects medical periodical published by the People's Military Medical Press,under the auspice of D...Aims andscope of the Journal.Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army(Med J Chin PLA)is a multiple-subjects medical periodical published by the People's Military Medical Press,under the auspice of Department of Health,General Logistics Department of PLA,and it展开更多
Aims and scope of the Journal. Medical Journal of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (Med J Chin PLA) is a multiple-subjects medical periodical published by the People’s Military Medical Press, under the auspice of De...Aims and scope of the Journal. Medical Journal of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (Med J Chin PLA) is a multiple-subjects medical periodical published by the People’s Military Medical Press, under the auspice of Department of Health, General Logistics Department of PLA, and it is issued domestically and abroad. Med J Chin PLA has become one of the source journals of statistics in Chinese Scientific Thesis and Chinese Scientific Quotation Database, the key periodical of multiple-subject medical journals, and is a prize journal of National Periodical Award and one of the Top Hundred Periodicals in China. Med J Chin PLA is issued monthly. Its permanent sections include Expert Forum, Research on Special Topics, Medical Treatises, Experimental Research, Clinical Research, Technology and Methodology, Discussion of Knotty Cases (Pathology), Reviews, Military Medical Sciences, News in Medicine etc. Manuscripts sent by both domestic and overseas writers are welcome. Contribution of reviews is usually invited by the Editors, but recommendations for topics and authors are welcomed.展开更多
Aims andscope of the Journal .Medical Journal of Chinese People’s Liberation Army ( Med J Chin PLA) is a multiple-subjects medical periodical publishedby the People’s Military Medical Press,under the auspice of Depa...Aims andscope of the Journal .Medical Journal of Chinese People’s Liberation Army ( Med J Chin PLA) is a multiple-subjects medical periodical publishedby the People’s Military Medical Press,under the auspice of Department of Health, General Logistics Department of PLA,andit展开更多
The citation impact of scientific articles is highly uneven, even within the same journal, following a log-normal distribution where 20% of articles account for 80% citations （the ＂20/80 law＂）. It has also been su...The citation impact of scientific articles is highly uneven, even within the same journal, following a log-normal distribution where 20% of articles account for 80% citations （the ＂20/80 law＂）. It has also been suggested that half the literatures published is redundant as it is never cited.2 Therefore, many non-cited articles are published in scientific journals. In this article, the distribution of non-cited articles published in the Chinese Medical Journal （C34.1） in 2010 is reported aiming to provide evidence to guide the editorial work.展开更多
Scientific journals are more likely to publish those articles which will be highly cited after theirpublication. To improve the quality and the impact of the Chinese Medical Journal （CMJ）, the distribution of highly...Scientific journals are more likely to publish those articles which will be highly cited after theirpublication. To improve the quality and the impact of the Chinese Medical Journal （CMJ）, the distribution of highly cited articles published in CMJ in 2010 was analyzed and reported in this article.展开更多
文摘Objective： To determine the extent to which Chinese medical （CM） journals incorporate Consolidated Standards for Reporting of Trials （CONSORT） into their ＂instruction to authors＂. Methods： We reviewed the latest ＂instruction to authors＂ of the CM journals in China which indexed by MEDLINE in 2010 or Excerpta Medica Database （EMBASE） in 2012 and extracted all information of CONSORT, International Committee of Medical Journal Editors （ICMJE）, other reporting guidelines or clinical trial registration. By reading the instructions to authors and reviewing recent studies published in those journals, those that do not publish clinical trials were excluded. We also contacted each of journals by telephone on contributor＇s status to ask them whether mentioned CONSORT in their instructions and incorporated it into their editorial and peer-review process. Full-text papers of randomized controlled trials （RCTs, from January 2011 to March 2012） published in the journals which mentioned ＂CONSORT＂ in their instructions for authors were downloaded. Results： Seven CM journals were included. Three of these journals mentioned CONSORT in its instructions. By telephone survey, all journals gave responses and all respondents knew CONSORT statement. Three of 7 journals required authors to comply with the CONSORT statement and provide the CONSORT checklist and a flow chart of the trial. The rest 4 journals recommended authors of RCTs to refer to the CONSORT statement. From January 2011 to March 2012, a total of 50 RCTs were obtained from the 3 journals endorsing the CONSORT statement; 17 （17/50, 34%） contained a flow diagram in their manuscript, and none of those RCTs had mentioned the trial registration information. Conclusions： The endorsement of CONSORT by CM journals＇ ＂instruction to authors＂ was not satisfactory. The spread of CONSORT endorsement should be wider in instructing the performance of CM clinical trials in the future. Chinese journals should introduce CONSORT to their authors and require authors to comply with CONSORT when they submit their research.
文摘Aims andscope of the Journal .Medical Journal of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (Med J Chin PLA) is a multiple-subjects medical periodical published by the People’s Military Medical Press,under the auspice of Department ofHealth, General Logistics Department of PLA,andit is issued
文摘Aims andscope of the Journal.Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army(Med J Chin PLA)is a multiple-subjects medical periodical published by the People's Military Medical Press,under the auspice of Department of Health,General Logistics Department of PLA,and it
文摘Aims and scope of the Journal. Medical Journal of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (Med J Chin PLA) is a multiple-subjects medical periodical published by the People’s Military Medical Press, under the auspice of Department of Health, General Logistics Department of PLA, and it is issued domestically and abroad. Med J Chin PLA has become one of the source journals of statistics in Chinese Scientific Thesis and Chinese Scientific Quotation Database, the key periodical of multiple-subject medical journals, and is a prize journal of National Periodical Award and one of the Top Hundred Periodicals in China. Med J Chin PLA is issued monthly. Its permanent sections include Expert Forum, Research on Special Topics, Medical Treatises, Experimental Research, Clinical Research, Technology and Methodology, Discussion of Knotty Cases (Pathology), Reviews, Military Medical Sciences, News in Medicine etc. Manuscripts sent by both domestic and overseas writers are welcome. Contribution of reviews is usually invited by the Editors, but recommendations for topics and authors are welcomed.
文摘Aims andscope of the Journal .Medical Journal of Chinese People’s Liberation Army ( Med J Chin PLA) is a multiple-subjects medical periodical publishedby the People’s Military Medical Press,under the auspice of Department of Health, General Logistics Department of PLA,andit
文摘The citation impact of scientific articles is highly uneven, even within the same journal, following a log-normal distribution where 20% of articles account for 80% citations （the ＂20/80 law＂）. It has also been suggested that half the literatures published is redundant as it is never cited.2 Therefore, many non-cited articles are published in scientific journals. In this article, the distribution of non-cited articles published in the Chinese Medical Journal （C34.1） in 2010 is reported aiming to provide evidence to guide the editorial work.
文摘Scientific journals are more likely to publish those articles which will be highly cited after theirpublication. To improve the quality and the impact of the Chinese Medical Journal （CMJ）, the distribution of highly cited articles published in CMJ in 2010 was analyzed and reported in this article.
