Bibliometric Analysis of International Classification of Diseases in China

Abstract

AbstractObjective. To understand the overall research situation of the International Classification of Diseases in China and provide certain reference for in-depth research. Methods. Articles related to ICD research from the China Academic Journal Network Publishing Database were retrieved, and a procedure of statistical analysis on the following aspects was carried out: number of published papers, authors and their institutions and regions, journals and funds. Results. A total of 1,443 related articles were found. Most authors had published only one ICD-related paper and the number of authors who had published three or more papers accounted for 8.40% of the total. The statistical results of the number of published papers showed that the authors from Zhanjiang Central People's Hospital had published the maximum related articles at the unit level; the number of publications from the Guangdong Province lay in the leading position of this field at the regional level, but there was a big difference between di...