• Yun-qiu Ding, Jin Li, and Su-ning You.
• Chinese Journal of Internal Medicine, Beijing 100710, China. dingyq@163bj.com
• Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi. 2003 Apr 1; 42 (4): 251-4.

ObjectiveTo analysis the discrepancy of citations in different features of the Chinese Journal of Internal Medicine (Chin J Intern Med) and other 3 foreign journals (BMJ, JAMA, Ann Intern Med).MethodsCitations of articles published from 1998 to 2002 in major features of the four journals were calculated.ResultsIn the 5 years, the average number of citation original articles in Chin J Intern Med was 6.55, in BMJ 15.78, in JAMA 34.73 and Ann Intern Med 30.37; that of commentary articles was 3.82, 9.26, 18.38 and 13.79, respectively. In the recent five years, 86% citations were devoted to English language articles, 14% Chinese language articles, less than 1% Japanese articles, few other language articles. Price index analysis indicated the value for BMJ, JAMA, Ann Intern Med and Chin J Intern Med was 0.58, 0.57, 0.42 and 0.50, respectively.ConclusionsThe discrepancy in average number of citation articles in different features of the four journals is not significantly different, even in time of their citation. The citation of articles is not varied in languages in Chin J Intern Med.

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