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European Spine Journal
Published in: European Spine Journal 8/2015

01-08-2015 | Original Article

Growing trend of China’s contribution to the field of spine: a 10-year survey of the literature

Authors: Zhi Wei Jia, Yao Hong Wu, Hao Li, Hai Feng Li, Xi Yan Zhao, Yong Tang, Cong Liang Yao, Ya Chao Zhao, Long Gang Liu, De Li Wang, Qing He, Di Ke Ruan

Published in: European Spine Journal | Issue 8/2015

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Abstract

Purpose

China, as a rapidly developing country with the largest population including over 50,000 orthopaedic surgeons, has an increasing importance in the field of spine. However, the quantity and quality of research production in the field of spine in the major regions of China—Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong is unclear. This study aimed to investigate the contribution of China to the field of spine.

Methods

Articles published in the 5 major spine journals originating from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong in 2004–2013 were retrieved from the database of Web of Science. The number of articles, impact factors, citations, article type, city, institution, funding source and conflict of interest were analyzed.

Results

There were 1006 publications in the 5 spine journals between 2004 and 2013 from China, including 706 from Mainland China, 210 from Taiwan, and 90 from Hong Kong. The time trend of the number of articles from these three regions showed a significant increase of 8.74-fold (from 23 to 201) between 2004 and 2013 (p = 0.000). From 2006, the number of publications from Mainland China exceeded Taiwan and Hong Kong. Mainland China had the highest total impact factors (1686.54) and total citations (4214), followed by Taiwan (498.93; 2009) and Hong Kong (222.89; 1311). Hong Kong had the highest mean impact factor (2.48) and mean citations (14.46), followed by Mainland China (2.40; 10.26) and Taiwan (2.38; 10.14). The journal Spine published the largest number of articles (470), followed by European Spine Journal (268).

Conclusions

Chinese contributions to the field of spine have a significant increase during the past 10 years, particularly from Mainland China. Hong Kong had the highest quality research output in terms of mean impact factor and mean citation per article.
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Metadata
Title
Growing trend of China’s contribution to the field of spine: a 10-year survey of the literature
Authors
Zhi Wei Jia
Yao Hong Wu
Hao Li
Hai Feng Li
Xi Yan Zhao
Yong Tang
Cong Liang Yao
Ya Chao Zhao
Long Gang Liu
De Li Wang
Qing He
Di Ke Ruan
Publication date
01-08-2015
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
European Spine Journal / Issue 8/2015
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-015-4030-y

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