title: [Report and analysis of periodicals of oral science in China].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review and analyze the history and current situation of stomatological journals in China from 1949 to 2009.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data from journal database, web sites and yearbooks were collected, and the information on Chinese dental journals, national economic indicators and the development in dental disciplines from 1949 to 2009 were obtained.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The dental journals numbered one kind, four issues in 1949 and 32 kinds, 204 issues in 2009. China's gross domestic product (GDP) was from 67.9 billion Yuan in 1949 to 30.067 trillion Yuan in 2008.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The quantity of stomatological journals in China has increased remarkably over the past 60 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endodontic, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: You-nong
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Wei-rong
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Roger J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Smales
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D002681:China; D004467:Economics; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D009909:Oral Health; D019242:Oral Medicine; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000266:history; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors