title: The current status of usability studies of information technologies in China: a systematic study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To systematically review and analyze the current status and characteristics of usability studies in China in the field of information technology in general and in the field of healthcare in particular.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed a quantitative literature analysis in three major Chinese academic databases and one English language database using Chinese search terms equivalent to the concept of usability.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Six hundred forty-seven publications were selected for analysis. We found that in China the literature on usability in the field of information technology began in 1994 and increased thereafter. The usability definitions from ISO 9241-11:1998 and Nielsen (1993) have been widely recognized and cited. Authors who have published several publications are rare. Fourteen journals have a publishing rate over 1%. Only nine publications about HIT were identified.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  China's usability research started relatively late. There is a lack of organized research teams and dedicated usability journals. High-impact theoretical studies are scarce. On the application side, no original and systematic research frameworks have been developed. The understanding and definition of usability is not well synchronized with international norms. Besides, usability research in HIT is rare.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  More human and material resources need to be invested in China's usability research, particularly in HIT.
authors: Center for Medical Informatics, Peking University, Haidian District, Beijing 100191, China ; School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors: Jianbo
authors: J
authors: Lei
authors: Center for Medical Informatics, Peking University, Haidian District, Beijing 100191, China.
authors: Lufei
authors: L
authors: Xu
authors: Center for Statistics and Information, National Health and Family Planning Commission, Beijing 100810, China.
authors: Qun
authors: Q
authors: Meng
authors: School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors: Jiajie
authors: J
authors: Zhang
authors: School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors: Yang
authors: Y
authors: Gong
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000639:trends*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011643:Publishing; D012106:Research