A citation analysis of Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine

Objective To evaluate the academic level and the popularity of Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine.Method With Chinese Medical Citation Index(CMCI), we analyzed the amount and distribution of the originals in Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine cited by the journals indexed in CMCI.Result The percent of cited papers in all published articles was 55.68% during the period, the average number of cited times is 4.83, the top cited value was 108.206 articles (30.03% of total papers) were cited 5 or more, and the all cited times from them were 2428(73.33% of total cited times). 686 cited articles were written by 526 authors from different countries.The most frequently cited author wrote 12 papers, the authors with one paper cited were 430(81.75% of total authors).The cited authors are from the 31 provinces and other country; Beijing, Zhejiang and Shanghai are in the front of Laboratory Medicine research.Beijing was the top of rank (44.40% of total authors).292 institutes were cited and the most frequently cited institute was Beijing Hospital(10.48% of total cited times).There were 563 citing journals where the self-citing rate is 9.85%.Conclusion The Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine has published high quality articles. It is the one of the most important information resource for the laboratory medicine researchers and the most important medical journal.