title: Advanced neonatal medicine in China: a quantitative analysis of research productivity and impact factors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To summarize academic productivity of neonatal medicine in China and explore its relationship with health care workforce and activities.
  
  
  METHODS
  We retrospectively extracted data from national key clinical subspecialty proposals, and used accessible databases as Science Citation Index (SCI), PubMed, and National Natural Science Foundation of China.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Between 2008 and 2010, 61 newborn units at the most advanced level in 31 cities from 28 of 31 provincial districts in mainland China were included. Fifty-two national or international projects and 111 provincial projects were conducted. A total of 171 articles were listed in the SCI database; 23 patents were registered. There were 83 oral presentations in international conferences abroad. One national and 40 provincial government awards were received. Health workforce indexes, such as physicians with MD&PhD degrees, were significantly related to academic productivity. National or international projects (β = .285, p <.001; 95% CI = 0.179, 0.391) and the number of newborn beds (β = .005, p = .016; 95% CI = 0.001, 0.008) were two underlying factors to determine government awards (adjusted R2=  .426). The 10 main cities for neonatal medicine research were also listed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this study, we established the baseline information on neonatal medicine research in China, which could provide information for further practice.
authors.affiliation: a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS) Research Centre , Sherbrooke , Quebec , Canada.|b Department of Newborn , Wuxi Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Nanjing Medical University , Jiangsu , China.
authors.forename: Xiang-Peng
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.affiliation: c Office of Education and Continuing Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine , Laval University , Quebec City , Quebec , Canada.
authors.forename: Selma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chipenda-Dansokho
authors.affiliation: a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS) Research Centre , Sherbrooke , Quebec , Canada.
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lewin
authors.affiliation: d Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Saint-Justine Hospital, University of Montreal , Montreal , Quebec , Canada.
authors.forename: Shu-Qin
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Wei
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002681:China; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009359:Neonatology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Bibliometric; China; academic productivity; health workforce; neonatal medicine