Abstract:

Objective To investigate the influencing factors of publishing Science Citation Index (SCI) papers in doctors, and explore the initial power in affecting SCI paper publication. Methods Three hundred and thirty-five doctors were randomly selected from 857 doctors in 40 departments of Renji Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine for questionnaire survey, and 309 effective questionnaires were recovered, with the effective rate of 92.24%. The contents of questionnaire included the situation of writing SCI papers between 2007 and 2011, the awareness and reaction to SCI policies, the internal driving force of writing SCI papers and the attitude towards scientific research required by post. Results The main reasons for writing SCI papers were professional title assessment (69.11%), department assessment (47.15%) and talent scheme application (47.15%), and the main reasons against writing SCI papers were heavy clinical workload (82.80%) and low acceptance rate of manuscript (59.14%). More than 65% doctors knew the policies about writing SCI papers, and the main source of information was dean of the department. More doctors thought that SCI papers should not serve as the standard in professional title assessment (P<0.05), while more doctors considered that SCI papers may be included in department assessment, bonus release, academic degree application, tutor qualification application and talent scheme application (P<0.05).  Scientific research required by post was found in 66.67% of respondents, and that was found in colleagues of 80.26% of respondents. Conclusion The internal driving force of doctors in writing SCI papers largely comes from the policy guidance, but most doctors are not favor of taking SCI papers as the standard of professional title assessment. Scientific research required by post is common, and the initial interest of doctors should be stimulated to improve the quality and quatity of SCI papers.

Key words: doctor, research management, SCI papers, internal driving force