title: [Bibliometric analysis on TCM periodicals of the Republic of China].
abstract: Based on analysis of the 322 kinds of TCM periodicals in the period of Republic of China , the development of such periodicals in that time can be divided into four stages. ①Sprouting Stage: from 1897 to 911; ② Exploring Stage: from 1912 to 1927; ③Accelerating Stage: from 1928 to 1937; ④ Unstable Developing Stage, from 1938 to 1949. Periodicals of this period were mostly established by medical communities, followed by medical schools, private individuals, institutions of medical books, and medical economical units. The main source of such TCM periodicals were Zhejiang and Shanghai and then spread to Chinese inland gradually. The TCM periodicals were widely distributed, but the distribution of areas was quite uneven.
authors.affiliation: Master Degree Candidate, Institute of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
authors.forename: Shuwen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Yahua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Niu
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D001877:Books; D002681:China; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D013624:Taiwan