Statistical analysis of article,citation and authors in Journal of Chinese Behavioral Medical Science in 2008

Objective To analyze the papers published in Journal of Chinese Behavioral Medical Science (JCBMS) in 2008.Methods All the papers published in JCBMS in the whole year of 2008 were as study objects,and the paper amount,the paper column,the published style of papers,the institute distributions of the first authors,the area distribution of the first authors,the foundation supported papers amount,the author amount,the reference paper amount and the published delay were analyzed and statistized.Results 459 papers were published in JCBMS in the whole year of 2008.38.25 papers were published in an average issue,and one article ineluded 2.5 pages averagely.The paper density was 0.40 and the information density was 6.38.The main published papers style was original article,which accounted for 74.51% of each issue averagely,and the least published papers style was review article,which accounted for 6.75% of each issue averagely.The basic research articles accounted for 15.90%,the clinical articles 30.94%,and hygienic articles 32.90% of an average issue,respectively.In the area distribution of the first author,the most was from higher leaning institutes,accounting for 45.10%,and the least was from county and district hospitals,only accounting for 3.49%.The top five provinces of the most published paper amounts in the periodical were Guangdong,Shandong,Jiangsu,Hunan and Beijing,whose published paper amounts were 65,65,46,40 and 37 respectively,and accounted for 55.12% of the total papers of the whole year.There were 215 articles supported by various foundations,and accounted for 46.84% of the total papers of the whole year,in which 15.03% was supported by the national foundations.The average author amount of the published papers,the average reference paper amount and the average published delay were 4.40 authors,11.70 indexes and 199.14 days.7 authors had published 3 articles,and 28 authors had published 2 articles in the year.The top ten institutes of the most paper amounts in the periodical have published 164 articles totally,accounting for 35.73% of the total amount of the papers.Conclusion The periedical JCBMS had an abundant information resource;the main style of published papers were original article;the hygienic column have published most paper amount in all the columns;there was a higher foundation supported papers and there a steady authors of this periodical. Key words: Paper amount; Paper density; Reference paper amount; Published delay