title: Publication trends of research articles from infectious diseases specialty in a medical journal from India.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Details about research productivity in the infectious diseases specialty from India are lacking.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To analyse publishing trends and research productivity of articles related to infectious diseases in the Journal of the Association of Physicians of India (JAPI).
  
  
  METHODS
  We carried out bibliometric analysis of articles related to infectious diseases specialty from JAPI published between 2000 and 2011. Data were derived from the journal's website and the articles were analysed for type (original article, case reports, etc.), microorganism (bacterial, viral, etc.) place of the research and timelines for publication.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of 2977 articles published in JAPI over last 12 years, 256 articles belong to infectious diseases subspecialty. Infectious diseases contributed 11-18% of the published articles per year in JAPI during the last decade. Original articles (31%), case reports (38%) and correspondence (22%) constitute the majority of article types, while remaining 9% was made up by images. Bacterial (22%), protozoal and helminthic (20%), HIV (15%) and mycobacterial (16%) diseases lead the type of microorganisms represented in the research articles. Mumbai (16%), Delhi (9%) and Kolkata (7%) are the top three places contributing to the articles, followed by Chandigarh and Chennai. Original articles and case reports took approximately 14 months for publication, as compared to 6 months for an image (P < 0.0001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Infectious diseases specialty contributes about 15% of articles per annum in JAPI. HIV and tuberculosis together account for 30% of published literature with fair representation from other organisms. Mumbai and Delhi are the leading contributors towards research productivity in this specialty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Command Hospital, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: K V S Hari
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aravinda
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D055552:Infectious Disease Medicine; D011642:Publications / Q000639:trends*