Scientometric Analysis of Journal of Biomedical Science
Te-Cheng Yu1*, Chung-Yao Wang1, Wen-Chien Kuo1, Yee-Shuan Lee2 and Yuh-Shan Ho1#
1School of Public Health, Taipei Medical University
2Bibliometric Centre, Taipei Medical University - Wan-Fang Hospital
Introduction
Among 5752 journals indexed by Science Citation Index (SCI) in 2001, 16 scientific journals were issued by Taiwan. Journal of Biomedical
Science was indexed by SCI since 1997 and was categorized in research & experimental medicine. It ranked 29th in 75 journals in 2001 with
the highest impact factor (1.761) among 16 journals. In 1955, Garfield first mentioned the idea of an impact factor that is a fundamental
citation-based measure for significance and performance of scientific journals. It is perhaps the most popular bibliometric product used in
bibliometrics itself. In this study, volume 4, issue 2-3 to volume 9, issue 6 was evaluated covering period from 1997 to 2002. A bibliometric
analysis was performed to assess the publication pattern concerning authorship, collaboration, origin countries, citation frequency and
citation indicator.
Methodology
The data for this study were based on Science Citation Index (SCI) database on the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), Philadelphia, PA,
U.S.A. The research papers analysis were obtained upon literature search with defined Source Title: Journal of Biomedical Science.
Results and Discussion
A total of 354 papers were published in Journal of Biomedical Science with 1240 citations from 29 countries during the time span from 1997
to 2002. 82% were dominated by Article, 16% Review, 1.7% Editorial Material and 0.28% Correction. Citation per publication of review was
3.9 times than that of article. Most papers were published by United States and Taiwan contributing 40% and 39% respectively. The results
indicated small group was the most often method of collaboration.
P%
39.6
39.1
2.79
2.28
1.78
1.52
1.27
1.27
10.4
C
671
457
25
32
13
7
54
11
149
C%
47.3
32.2
1.76
2.26
0.916
0.493
3.81
0.775
10.5
CPP
4.30
2.97
2.27
3.56
1.86
1.17
10.8
2.20
3.63
8
80
7
70
6
60
5
50
4
40
30
3
P
CPP
20
2
Annual publication output and CPP
2002
Year
2001
0
2000
0
1999
1
1998
10
P%
C%
23
40
21
22
2
30
12
20
3
20
19
10
11
4
0
16
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
2
3
P%
C%
4
5
6
15
10
7
5
14
9
8
8
13
6
9
12
7
10
11
Publication output and citation of
various number of authors
Citation per publication, CPP
P
156
154
11
9
7
6
5
5
41
90
1997
Number of publication, P
Country
USA
Taiwan
Japan
Australia
Canada
South Africa
UK
France
Others
1
1
Publication output, citation and CPP of various publishing
countries
Publication and citation of various
page counts
The 10 most cited papers in Journal of Biomedical Science from 1997 to 2002
No. AU
2
4
2
2
2
7
2
2
1
2
FA
Garcia, R
Reiter, RJ
Sun, AY
Chen, CH
Lee, HC
Wang, D
Gladyshev, VN
Jin, DY
Jeang, KT
Zoeteweij, JP
DT
Review
Review
Review
Review
Review
Article
Review
Article
Review
Review
Country
USA
USA
USA
Taiwan, USA
Taiwan
Taiwan
USA
USA
USA
USA
C PG PY
CA
82
7 1998 Jove R
51 15 2000 Reiter RJ
40 14 1998 Sun AY
36 22 1998 Wu TC
27 14 2000 Wei YH
21
8 1999 Wei J
20 10 1999 Gladyshev VN
20
6 1999 Jeang KT
18
4 1998 Jeang KT
17
7 1998 Blauvelt A
No. AU: Number of author, FA: First author, DT: Document type, C: Citation,
PG: Page count, PY: Publication year, CA: Corresponding author
Conclusion
 The bibliometric profile of Journal of Biomedical Science from 1981 to 2002 showed a low degree of international collaboration (12%)
and a high percent of independent work.
 The results have suggested publication bias in authors from Taiwan and USA. USA and Taiwan represent a share of 79% of world
publications and 80% of world citations in Journal of Biomedical Science. USA has highest publication (40%) and citation (39%) in the
world.
 66% documents published by 2 to 5 authors as a popular co-authorship. 35% documents has never been cited since it published.