Citation Analysis of the Pharmaceutical Journal of Chinese People′s Liberation Army

Objective To evaluate the academic level and quality of the Pharmaceutical Journal of Chinese People′s Liberation Army.Methods According to the information of CNKI,articles published between 1999 and 2011,including original research articles,short reports of original studies,reviews and clinical case reports,were surveyed based on the knowledge of citation analysis and other relative methods.The total citation frequency,self-citing rate,involved journal and the distribution of the authors were statistically analyzed by Microsoft Excel.Results Among the 2245 articles published during the given period,1644 were cited 10 991 times by 1097 journals from CNKI and the citation rate was 73.23%.The average times of citation were 6.68 and the top cited value for an single article was 166.The citation rate of the papers published in 2002 reached the peak value(89.40%).The top 3 journals that cited this periodical most often are the Pharmaceutical Journal of Chinese People′s Liberation Army,China Pharmacy and Chinese Traditional Patent Medicine.Conclusion The Pharmaceutical Journal of Chinese People′s Liberation Army is a high-quality medical periodical.The statistical data evaluation of our journal is objective and effective.