title: Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan: Five Years Bibliometric Analysis.
abstract: To conduct the bibliometric analysis of the Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (JCPSP) from 2012 to 2014. The prime objectives of this report were to determine the number and percentage of articles by year, authorship pattern, gender and geographical affiliation, ranking by subject and citation analysis. A data collection instrument was developed as bibliometric form. The data was analysed using the Microsoft Excel spread sheet. Editorials and letters to editors were excluded. There were 1106 total research documents, including 721 original articles and 385 case reports. A rapid increase in number of articles per year was noticed, more original papers than case reports. Majority of the authors were male. The contribution of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was less than the other provinces. JCPSP was the most cited document in the reference list of the research documents. The scholars of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan and female researchers should give more attention in writing quality articles eligible for consideration at this Journal. It is also suggested that writers should be compelled to address such fields of medical sciences as neurology, nephrology, anatomy and pharmacology, while writing original articles and case reports.
authors.affiliation: Department of Library and Information Science, Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar.
authors.forename: Saeed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saeed Ullah
authors.affiliation: Department of Library and Information Science, Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar.
authors.forename: Saeed Ullah
authors.initials: SU
authors.lastname: Jan
authors.affiliation: Central Library, University of Peshawar, Peshawar.
authors.forename: Tahir
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jan
authors.affiliation: Department of Health, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Hayatabad, Peshawar.
authors.forename: Hafiz Nafees
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.affiliation: Department of Health, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Hayatabad, Peshawar.
authors.forename: Muhammad Yahya
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Jan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar.
authors.forename: Muhammad Abdur
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rauf
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D035843:Biomedical Research; D006801:Humans; D010154:Pakistan; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*