Open AccessPublication trends of cardiology articles in a biomedical journal from India
Author(s) -
K. V. S. Hari Kumar,
Aravinda Konidena
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
medical journal of dr. d y patil university/medical journal of dr. d.y. patil university
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7119
pISSN - 0975-2870
DOI - 10.4103/0975-2870.118285
Subject(s) - medicine , specialty , publishing , cardiology , library science , family medicine , political science , computer science , law
Background: The details about the research productivity in the cardiology specialty from India are lacking. Aim : The aim of this study was to analyze the publishing trends and the research productivity of cardiology articles in the Journal of the Association of Physicians of India (JAPI). Materials and Methods : We carried the bibliometric analysis of cardiology articles from JAPI published between 2000 and 2011. Data were derived from the journal′s website and the articles were analyzed for type (Original Article, Case Reports etc.), disease (ischemic, congenital etc.) place of origin and timelines for publication. Results : Out of 2977 articles published, 215 (7%) articles belong to cardiology. Original articles (42.8%) and Case Reports (33.5%) are common than Correspondence (9.3%) and Images (14.4%). Ischemic heart disease (IHD) and hypertension (51%), cardiomyopathy and valvular diseases (23%) account for the majority of research productivity. Mumbai (19%), Delhi (14%), and Chennai (8%) are the top three contributors. Original Articles and Case Reports took about 14 months for publication, when compared to 6-9 months for an image or Letter to the Editor (P = 0.0011). Conclusion : Cardiology specialty contributes an average 15% of articles per annum in JAPI. Metro cities contribute the majority of articles pertaining to the clinical research on IHD and hypertension