Evaluation of academic influence of medical statistics source journals in Heilongjiang province during 2005 - 2009

Objective To evaluate the academic influence of medical statistics source journals in Heilongjiang province during 2005 - 2009. Methods Journal evaluation data of "Chinese Science and Technology Journal Citation Reports"(2006 - 2010 periodicals) as a statistical source, the 7 indexes(literature sources, total cites, impact factor, immediacy index, he cited rate, ratio of overseas papers, ratio of funded papers) of medical statistics source journals in Heilongjiang province during 2005 - 2009 were analyzed. Dynamic evaluation model was used to evaluate the academic influence of journals and compute impact assessment score(Ⅰ), relative impact assessment score(Ir), and rate of growth. Results There were 5 kinds of medical statistics source journals in Heilongjiang province during 2005 - 2009, they were "Journal of Harbin Medical University", "Chinese Journal of Endemiology", "Chinese Journal of Critical Care Medicine", "Chinese Journal of Preventive Veterinary Medicine","Chinese Journal of Traditional Medical Science and Technology", respectively. Year by year, the total cites,impact factor and ratio of funded papers of above mentioned journals showed increase trend, literature sources, he cited rate and ratio of overseas papers showed stable trend, immediacy index showed greater fluctuations. Ⅰ values of above periodicals were 32 279.79, 379 379.20, 251 240.26, 117 576.00, and 83 156.65, respectively. Ir value of above periodicals were 0.19, 2.20, 1.45, 0.68, and 0.48, respectively. The rates of growth of above periodicals were 0.41, - 0.07, 0.24, 1.04, and 0.87, respectively. Conclusions The development of medical statistics source journals in Heilongjiang province is in good condition, the academic influence is an overall upward trend. Key words: Journal;  Academic influence;  Outcome assessment