title: [Citation analysis of Space Medicine & Medical Engineering].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the academic research level and the popularity of Space Medicine & Medical Engineering (SMME).
  
  
  METHODS
  With the Chinese Medical Citation Index (CMCI), the amount and distribution of the originals of SMME, which were cited by the journal included in CMCI, were analyzed according to method of citation analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average of original papers cited by other researchers was 2.25, and this was more than other medical journals. The authors of these cited papers were from 13 Provinces in China, Beijing and Shannxi Province were in the front of this research area. There were 109 citing journals, and self-citing rate was 43.97%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A series of high quality papers has been published by the SMME, and its own edition characteristics keep its research level steady. Not only has the journal become an important information source of space medical engineering but also a core journal in medicine research as well.
authors.affiliation: Second Hospital Library, China Medical University, Shenyang Liaoning, China. yangh@cmu2h.org
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Qiu-lan
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D015706:Bibliometrics; D002681:China; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*