scientific publications in nephrology and urology journals from chinese authors in east asia a 10-year survey of the literature科学出版物的肾脏和泌尿学期刊中国作者在东亚10年调查的文献.pdfVIP

Scientific Publications in Nephrology and Urology Journals from Chinese Authors in East Asia: A 10-Year Survey of the Literature 1. 1. 2. 3 1 1 1 Jing Xu , Zhi-Guo Mao , Mei Kong , Liang-Hao Hu , Chao-Yang Ye , Cheng-Gang Xu , Shu Rong , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Li-Jun Sun , Jun Wu , Bing Dai , Dong-Ping Chen , Yu-Xian Zhu , Yi-Xiang Zhang , Yu-Qiang Zhang , 1 1 Xue-Zhi Zhao , Chang-Lin Mei * 1 Department of Nephrology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China, 2 Clinical Laboratory, Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China, 3 Department of Internal Medicine, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China Abstract Background: Diseases of the kidneys and genitourinary tract are common health problems that affect people of all ages and demographic backgrounds. In this study, we compared the quantity and quality of nephrological and urological articles published in international journals from the three major regions of China: the mainland (ML), Hong Kong (HK), and Taiwan (TW). Methods: Nephrological and urological articles originating from ML, TW, and HK that were published in 61 journals from 1999–2008 were retrieved from the PubMed database. We recorded the numbers of total articles, clinical trials, randomized controlled trials, case reports, impact factors (IF), citations, and articles published in the leading general-medicine journals. We used these data to compare the quantity and quality of publication output from the three regions. Results: The t