Li, ZW; Wan, XH; Lu, AP; Li, XH; Li, JY. 2010. Pathological research output in China and other top-ranking countries: 10-year survey of the literature. PATHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 206 (12): 835-838.

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Li, ZW; Wan, XH; Lu, AP; Li, XH; Li, JY. 2010. Pathological research output in 
China and other top-ranking countries: 10-year survey of the literature. 
PATHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 206 (12): 835-838.

Author Full Name(s): Li, Zhongwu; Wan, Xiaohua; Lu, Aiping; Li, Xianghong; Li, 
Jiyou
Language: English
Document Type: Article

Author Keywords: Research; Pathology; Impact factor (IF); Journal Citation 
Reports (JCR); China
KeyWords Plus: JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; SYSTEMS PATHOLOGY; LIFE 
SCIENCES; PUBLICATIONS

Abstract: The present study was designed to study the research output in 
pathology journals from the United States (USA), Japan, Germany, the United 
Kingdom (UK), France, and China between 2000 and 2009. Articles published in 
67 pathology-related journals were retrieved from the PubMed database. US-
American publications, which rank first, accounted for 30.9% of the total 
world's output and for 35.4% in the top 10% journals with impact factor (IF) 
scores. Chinese publications accounted for 2.8% of a total of 67 journals, and 
for 2.0% in the top 10% journals with IF scores.
Our analysis investigated the research output of these six countries and 
revealed a positive trend in China for the period 2000-2009. Also, in contrast to 
other top-ranking countries, our results imply that China's research in the field 
of pathology falls behind that of the developed countries, and appropriate 
steps should be taken to improve the role of pathologists in clinical activity and 
to gear up for high-quality pathological studies. (c) 2010 Elsevier GmbH. All 
rights reserved.

Addresses: [Li, Zhongwu; Lu, Aiping; Li, Xianghong; Li, Jiyou] Peking Univ, Sch 
Oncol, Beijing Canc Hosp & Inst,Minist Educ, Key Lab Carcinogenesis & Translat 
Res,Dept Pathol, Beijing 100142, Peoples R China; [Wan, Xiaohua] Capital Med 
Univ, Beijing Tongren Hosp, Dept Lab Med, Beijing 100730, Peoples R China

Reprint Address: Li, ZW, Peking Univ, Sch Oncol, Beijing Canc Hosp & 
Inst,Minist Educ, Key Lab Carcinogenesis & Translat Res,Dept Pathol, 52 
Fucheng Rd, Beijing 100142, Peoples R China.

E-mail Address: zhwuli2008 at gmail.com; lijiyou at 263.net
ISSN: 0344-0338
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2010.02.012
URL: 
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/42806163_Pathological_research_out
put_in_China_and_other_top-ranking_countries_10-
year_survey_of_the_literature