[Analysis of fund sponsored articles from five ophthalmologic journals in 2005].
OBJECTIVE
To reveal the features of fund sponsored articles and the status of scientific research by analyzing fund sponsored articles from 5 ophthalmologic journals in Chinese.


METHODS
Five ophthalmologic journals (Chinese Journal of Ophthalmology, Chinese Journal of Ocular Trauma and Occupational Eye Disease with Ophthalmic Surgery, Chinese Ophthalmic Research, Chinese Journal of Practical Ophthalmology, Chinese Journal Ocular Fundus Disease) published in Chinese in 2005 were selected for this study. The amount, the distribution of region, the number of co-authors, the research direction, the number of funds obtained by each paper and the distribution of subjects in various research fields of fund sponsored articles were calculated by quantitative analysis methods.


RESULTS
Among 1745 articles published in 2005, 222 were supported by various funds (12.72%). Articles sponsored by national, province/ministry and other sources accounted for 4.70%, 4.81% and 3.21% of all articles, respectively. The highest numbers of co-authors was 5.21. The top region of authors was located in Guangdong Province, which published 71 over 222 papers (31.98%). One hundred and forty nine papers (67.12%) were sponsored by single fund. The subject of fund sponsored articles were mainly in the field of retina (22.97%, 51/222), cornea (17.12%, 38/222) and lens (11.26%, 25/222).


CONCLUSIONS
The quantity and the level of fund sponsored articles had been improved greatly in ophthalmology journals. However, this is still inferior to other bio-scientific journals. The whole academic level of ophthalmology journals should be further promoted.
Zou
Feng
F
Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China. zoufeng@126.com
Yang
Liu
L
Pan
Zhu-juan
ZJ
Wu
Kai-li
KL
D015706:Bibliometrics; D009885:Ophthalmology; D010506:Periodicals as Topic