title: [Analysis of articles published in Chin J Surg since founded in 1951].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To discuss the characteristics of the articles published in Chin J Surg from 1951 to 2015.
  
  
  METHODS
  The journals and articles of Acad Surg from 1951 to 1952 and Chin J Surg from 1953 to 2015 were analyzed. The subjects, foundation, basic medical study, international cooperation of the articles were recorded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 65 years, there were 20 090 academic articles published in Chin J Surg. The proportions of general surgery, orthopedic surgery, thoracocardiac surgery, urology surgery and neurosurgery articles were 34.08%, 17.96%, 13.09%, 11.91% and 5.85%, respectively. There were 14.83% (1 728/11 653) articles receiving foundation, and 9.42% (1 817/19 290) articles reporting basic medical study. There were 14.8% articles from international authors and 119 articles with international cooperation. From 2000 to 2003, 29 articles in original English were published.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The coverage of Chin J Surg contains all the fields of surgery. It tends to publish the studies focus on clinical issues.Through reinforcing the content plan and optimizing the show form, the more Chinese surgical research achievements could be shared by the surgeons worldwide.
authors.affiliation: Editorial Department of Chinese Journal of Surgery, Chinese Medical Association Publishing House, Beijing 100710, China.
authors.forename: Shuang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D002681:China; D010506:Periodicals as Topic