Authors: Zhi Wei Jia Yao Hong Wu Hao Li Hai Feng Li Xi Yan Zhao Yong Tang Cong Liang Yao Ya Chao Zhao Long Gang Liu De Li Wang Qing He Di Ke Ruan
Publish Date: 2015/05/24
Volume: 24, Issue: 8, Pages: 1806-1812
Abstract
China as a rapidly developing country with the largest population including over 50000 orthopaedic surgeons has an increasing importance in the field of spine However the quantity and quality of research production in the field of spine in the major regions of China—Mainland China Taiwan and Hong Kong is unclear This study aimed to investigate the contribution of China to the field of spineArticles published in the 5 major spine journals originating from Mainland China Taiwan and Hong Kong in 2004–2013 were retrieved from the database of Web of Science The number of articles impact factors citations article type city institution funding source and conflict of interest were analyzedThere were 1006 publications in the 5 spine journals between 2004 and 2013 from China including 706 from Mainland China 210 from Taiwan and 90 from Hong Kong The time trend of the number of articles from these three regions showed a significant increase of 874fold from 23 to 201 between 2004 and 2013 p = 0000 From 2006 the number of publications from Mainland China exceeded Taiwan and Hong Kong Mainland China had the highest total impact factors 168654 and total citations 4214 followed by Taiwan 49893 2009 and Hong Kong 22289 1311 Hong Kong had the highest mean impact factor 248 and mean citations 1446 followed by Mainland China 240 1026 and Taiwan 238 1014 The journal Spine published the largest number of articles 470 followed by European Spine Journal 268
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