title: [The citation analysis of Chinese Journal of Internal Medicine from 2005 to 2011].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the academic level of Chinese Journal of Internal Medicine by analyzing its citation status by using bibliometrics method.
  
  
  METHODS
  The distribution of articles published in Chinese Journal of Internal Medicine from January, 2005 to December, 2011 indexed by Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD) was analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 2809 articles were published in Chinese Journal of Internal Medicine between January,2005 and December, 2011. Among them, 832(29.62%) articles were cited for totally 1993 times. There were 14 authors whose total citation number in 2005-2011 was > or = 10 times. Authors of the cited articles came from 25 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities. The regions from where the articles had the highest citation were Beijing (341 articles), Shanghai (87 articles), Guangdong (64 articles), Jiangsu (45 articles) and Zhejiang (43 articles). The medical institutions with the highest citation were Peking Union Medical College Hospital of Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (205 times), Peking University People's Hospital (77 times), and Chinese PLA General Hospital (76 times).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Quite a few high level academic papers had been published in Chinese Journal of Internal Medicine in recent years. Chinese Journal of Internal Medicine plays a good role in enhancing academic exchange.
authors: Editorial Board of Chinese Journal of Internal Medicine, Beijing, China.
authors: Zhi-Wei
authors: ZW
authors: Shen
authors: Xi-Bin
authors: XB
authors: Shen
authors: Jian-Jun
authors: JJ
authors: Hou
authors: Yun-Qiu
authors: YQ
authors: Ding
authors: Zhao-Hui
authors: ZH
authors: Hu
authors: Hue-Mei
authors: HM
authors: He
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D002681:China; D007388:Internal Medicine; D010506:Periodicals as Topic