title: [Statistical analysis of articles, citations and authors in Chinese Journal of Burns from 2003 to 2005].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the characteristics of articles, citations and authors in Chinese Journal of Burns (Chin J Burns).
  
  
  METHODS
  The date concerning articles, citations and authors of Chin J Burns from 2003 to 2005 were collected and analyzed in terms of bibliographic parameters.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 741 papers published in Chin J Burns during these 3 years, and papers with funded projects accounted for 19.7%. The average number of articles per issue was 41,with paper density of 0.59, and publication date were 15 months in average after submission. Among these papers, 87.9% of which were shared with co-authors, with a corporation rate of 3.94. The papers with citation accounted for 78.7%, and 90.6% of all the citations came from journals, especially English journals. The Price's indicator was 65.6%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Chinese Journal of Burns, an academic journal of high quality, with strong influence, pushes the discipline of Burns medicine in China forward.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Qingdao University Medical College, Qingdao 266021, PR China.
authors.forename: Xiao-bin
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Hong-song
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Teng
authors.forename: Wen-ke
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Chao-ying
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiao-qing
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns; D002681:China; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*