Analysis of articles published in Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science in 2009 year

Objective Analysis Chinese Journal Of Behavioral Medicine And Brain Science articles (CJBMBS) in 2009 year. Methods All the articles in CJBMBS which were published periodically on 12 issues in 2009 distribute were taken as the object, papers such as the Notices,Posters and Conferences were not included.Analysis the number of articles published, the article columns, the articles published style and the quotation quantity and so on. Results The CJBMBS in 2009 year altogether published 445 pieces papers, 12 issues, 1152 pages. Each issue carries articles 37.08 pieces equally and each article averages 2.59 pages. The density of each article is 0.3863,the information density is 6.181. The foundation investigative manuscripts account for 18.20%;the clinical investigative manuscripts account for 34.38%; the sanitary precaution manuscripts accounts for 28.09% ;the psychological behavior appraisal class manuscripts account for 6.07%;the monograph class manuscript accounts for 4.72; Summarizes 8.09%. The quotation quantity are 5252,each article' s quotation averages 11.80;The quotation quantity differs greatly, review articles' are the highest to be 34.67, while the short articles' are the lowest to be 10.43. The Pryse index mean value is 58.13%. The review articles' cited frequency is lowest to be 22.52% ,and that of short article report is highest to be 68.78%;the average self cited frequency is 17.86%.Conclusions CJBMBS in 2009 has plentiful information resources;among the total published articles papers are the chief.The quotation quantity per article is higher than average quotation quantity in scientific article in China. The Pryse index is higher than the mean value of various scientific and technology disciplines. Self cited frequency is moderate. Key words: Number of articles published; Pryse index; Cited quantity; Self cited frequency