Bibliometric Analysis of International Classification of Diseases in China

AbstractObjective. To understand the overall research situation of the International Classification of Diseases in China and provide certain reference for in-depth research. Methods. Articles related to ICD research from the China Academic Journal Network Publishing Database were retrieved, and a procedure of statistical analysis on the following aspects was carried out: number of published papers, authors and their institutions and regions, journals and funds. Results. A total of 1,443 related articles were found. Most authors had published only one ICD-related paper and the number of authors who had published three or more papers accounted for 8.40% of the total. The statistical results of the number of published papers showed that the authors from Zhanjiang Central People's Hospital had published the maximum related articles at the unit level; the number of publications from the Guangdong Province lay in the leading position of this field at the regional level, but there was a big difference between di...