A Comparative Study of Scientific Publications in Health Care Sciences and Services from Mainland China, Taiwan, Japan, and India (2007–2014)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Total Number of Scientific Articles
3.2. Number of Articles in the Field of Health Care Sciences and Services
Year | Scientific Articles | Articles in the Field of “Health Care Sciences and Services” | ||||||
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ML | TW | JPN | IND | ML | TW | JAN | IND | |
2007 | 99,640 | 21,025 | 91,109 | 36,474 | 62 | 62 | 111 | 46 |
2008 | 115,166 | 23,569 | 91,234 | 42,784 | 90 | 103 | 97 | 55 |
2009 | 132,058 | 25,412 | 92,679 | 44,141 | 130 | 117 | 124 | 63 |
2010 | 146,818 | 26,482 | 91,583 | 47,503 | 188 | 208 | 168 | 89 |
2011 | 169,866 | 28,268 | 92,333 | 51,791 | 181 | 153 | 154 | 90 |
2012 | 195,202 | 29,149 | 93,993 | 54,748 | 343 | 369 | 307 | 151 |
2013 | 233,031 | 29,477 | 96,362 | 60,687 | 299 | 175 | 200 | 148 |
2014 | 264,429 | 29,271 | 94,609 | 64,745 | 479 | 210 | 289 | 206 |
Total | 135,6210 | 212,653 | 743,902 | 402,873 | 1772 | 1397 | 1450 | 848 |
Rank in the world | 2nd | 17th | 5th | 12th | 12th | 17th | 16th | 21st |
r Value | 0.986 | 0.937 | 0.845 | 0.993 | 0.945 | 0.651 | 0.844 | 0.954 |
Incremental rate | 20.67% | 4.90% | 0.48% | 9.69% | 84.07% | 29.84% | 20.05% | 43.48% |
3.3. Types of Articles in the Field of Health Care Sciences and Services
Type of Paper | ML (%) | TW (%) | JPN (%) | IND (%) | Total (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Article | 986 (55.64%) | 850 (60.84%) | 837 (57.72%) | 373 (43.99%) | 3046 (55.72%) |
Review | 55 (3.10%) | 13 (0.93%) | 39 (2.69%) | 15 (1.77%) | 122 (2.23%) |
Total number of papers in the field of “health care sciences and services” | 1772 | 1397 | 1450 | 848 | 5467 |
3.4. Impact Factors (IFs)
3.5. Citations of Articles Published in Health Care Sciences and Services Journals
3.6. Articles in the 10 Top-Ranking Health Care Sciences and Services Journals
3.7. Popular Health Care Sciences and Services Journals
4. Discussion
Rank | Journal | ISSN | ML | TW | JPN | IND | Total | IF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | VALUE IN HEALTH | 1098–3015 | 572 | 407 | 257 | 339 | 1575 | 3.279 |
2 | JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SYSTEMS | 0148–5598 | 113 | 162 | 53 | 89 | 417 | 2.213 |
3 | QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH | 0962–9343 | 128 | 77 | 114 | 18 | 337 | 2.486 |
4 | BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH | 1472–6963 | 116 | 79 | 54 | 34 | 283 | 1.712 |
5 | JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE | 0884–8734 | 37 | 61 | 170 | 14 | 282 | 3.449 |
6 | HEALTH POLICY | 0197–5897 | 72 | 44 | 72 | 54 | 242 | 1.907 |
7 | SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER | 0941–4355 | 68 | 50 | 101 | 13 | 232 | 2.364 |
8 | JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT | 0885–3924 | 25 | 32 | 67 | 5 | 129 | 2.795 |
9 | MEDICAL TEACHER | 0142–159X | 56 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 123 | 1.679 |
10 | JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE | 1096–6218 | 14 | 14 | 63 | 19 | 110 | 1.912 |
TOTAL NUMBER | 1201 | 948 | 974 | 607 | 3730 |
ML | IF | N | TW | IF | N | JPN | IF | N | IND | IF | N |
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Value Health | 3.279 | 572 | Value Health | 3.279 | 407 | Value Health | 3.279 | 257 | Value Health | 3.279 | 339 |
Qual. Life Res. | 2.486 | 128 | Ther. Clin. Risk. Manag. | 1.469 | 1 | Ther. Clin. Risk. Manag. | 1.469 | 23 | Ther. Clin. Risk Manag. | 1.469 | 4 |
BMC Health Serv. Res. | 1.712 | 116 | J. E-Health | 1.668 | 24 | J. E-Health | 1.668 | 8 | J. E-Health | 1.668 | 9 |
J. Marine Systs. | 2.213 | 113 | Technol. Health Care | 0.697 | 9 | Technol. Health Care | 0.697 | 13 | Technol. Health Care | 0.697 | 17 |
Support Care Cancer | 2.364 | 68 | Teach. Learn Med. | 0.659 | 1 | Teach. Learn Med. | 0.659 | 3 | Teach. Learn Med. | 0.659 | 2 |
Med. Teach. | 1.679 | 56 | Support Care Cancer | 2.364 | 50 | Support Care Cancer | 2.364 | 101 | Support Care Cancer | 2.364 | 13 |
Health Qual. Life Out | 2.12 | 55 | Stat. Methods Med. Res. | 4.472 | 1 | Qual. Life Res. | 2.486 | 114 | Stat. Methods Med. Res. | 4.472 | 4 |
Ther. Clin. Risk Manag. | 1.469 | 44 | Qual. Life Res. | 2.486 | 77 | Popul. Health Manag. | 1.509 | 2 | Qual. Life Res. | 2.486 | 18 |
J. Gen. Intern. Med. | 3.449 | 37 | Popul. Health Manag. | 1.509 | 4 | Pharmacoeconomics | 2.45 | 3 | Popul. Health Manag. | 1.509 | 2 |
Health Policy | 1.907 | 35 | Pharmacoeconomics | 2.45 | 5 | J. Palliat. Med. | 2.855 | 12 | J. Palliat. Med. | 2.855 | 2 |
Total | 22.678 | 1224 | 21.053 | 579 | 19.436 | 536 | 21.458 | 410 |
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Chicago/Turabian StyleLv, Yipeng, Bihan Tang, Xu Liu, Chen Xue, Yuan Liu, Peng Kang, and Lulu Zhang. 2016. "A Comparative Study of Scientific Publications in Health Care Sciences and Services from Mainland China, Taiwan, Japan, and India (2007–2014)" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 13, no. 1: 79. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13010079