Abstract:
Objective To analyze the papers published in
Chinese Journal of Women and Children Health during 2011 and 2018, and to provide a reference for the sustainable development of the journal.
Methods All the papers published in
Chinese Journal of Women and Children Health from 2011 to 2018, especially fund papers, were analyzed. The citing rate, impact factors and non-selfcited rate of this journal were compared with them of other similar journals.
Results From 2011 to 2018,
Chinese Journal of Women and Children Health has published 47 issues and 1264 papers. Of the fund papers, 6 were national, 118 provincial and ministerial, 60 municipal and 11 were the others. The impact factor increased from 0.542 in 2014 to 0.815 in 2018.
Conclusions The development of journal is closely related to the development of the relevant disciplinesas well as the relevant policy orientation of the government.The study results demonstrated that the facilities and equipment of the maternal and child health care institutions have improved greatly by increasing national input and support, especially the grass-root institutions and those in the western regions. The corresponding published fund papers and papers of the grass-root level and from the western region have also increased. Furthermore, 6 major public health programs started from 2009, including the breast cancer and cervical cancer screening program for rural women, the folic acid supplementation program to prevent neural tube defects, and the HBV vaccine program for population under the age of 15, contributed to a proliferation of clinical manuscripts and guaranteed the selection of excellent papers in our journal. The impact factor has also shown an upward trend in the past 8 years, reached 0.815 in 2018.