Abstract:

Objective To analyse the causes of quantity increase in medical scientific papers of Department of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases of Ruijin Hospital, and provide references for the development of the other medical disciplines. Methods With the method of literature metrology, the condition of medical scientific papers of Department of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases of Ruijin Hospital published between 2004 and 2008 was analysed. Results During the 5 years, there was a stead increase in both the quantity and quality of medical scientific papers, especially the quantity of papers published on international journals. The quantity of papers published on international journals in 2008 was approximately 8 times of that in 2004. Among the paper contributors, postgraduates accounted for the majority, and then came the research fellows. Applied basic research papers constituted the largest number of papers, and basic research papers fell into the second largest category. Conclusion The union of clinical department and research institute may benefit the discipline development. Paper publication is closely related to postgraduate cultivation. The integration of basic research and clinical research is the development model for scientific research in future. The translational medical model may promote the discipline development.

Key words: scientific paper, literature metrology, discipline construction, union of clinical department and research institute, translational medicine