[Analysis on published papers and its citation in Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control, 2008-2010].

OBJECTIVE: To study the published papers and its citation of Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control, so as to provide evidence for the improvement of its quality. METHODS: The published papers in Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control from 2008 to 2010 were searched, biblimetrics analysis was employed, and the number of published papers, the proportion of fund articles, the cooperation rate of scientific research, the distribution of authors, the citations and their types, the half-life periods and the Price's index were analysed. RESULTS: From 2008 to 2010, the number of papers published were 217, 203, 210, respectively, and the proportions of fund articles were 32.72%, 38.92% and 49.52%, respectively. The cooperation rates of scientific research were 87.56%, 95.07%, 94.76%, respectively. The average amounts of citation were 5.49, 10.14, 13.33 per paper, respectively, and the citations were mainly from books and journals. The Price's indexes were 47.23%, 50.12% and 51.48%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The quality and academic level of papers published in Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control is improving year by year, the journal can satisfy its authors and readers with the latest information of scientific research in schistosomiasis and parasitic diseases study and control. But it requires to enlarge the author group and to increase the amount of citation to its further development.