亚太地区哮喘研究现状：来自PubMed数据库的文献计量学分析
2010/02/02
背景和目的：亚太地区哮喘发病率呈不断增加的趋势，且该地区也对哮喘进行了广泛研究。本文采用文献计量学方法分析亚太地区过去10年中的哮喘研究。
方法：主题词采用“哮喘”（asthma），搜索Pubmed数据库中1998年～2007年亚太地区研究者发表的哮喘相关论文。
结果：大部分哮喘文献主要来自于东北亚及大洋洲较为富裕地区。澳大利亚和日本哮喘相关文献较多，占总数的一半以上。亚洲其他经济增长地区，如韩国、台湾、香港和新加坡在哮喘文献的数量和质量上，都有所提升，主要是基础及基础至临床的过渡性研究。中国大陆及印度相关文献数量有所增加，但质量有待进一步提高。新西兰和澳大利亚是世界上哮喘发病率最高的国家，其哮喘文献引用频率较高，且文章发表的杂志级别也较高。每百万人哮喘研究参数与人均国内生产总值相关。近一半（41%）的文章来自于25个机构，其中近半数文章（47%）发表在20个期刊上。
结论：亚太地区哮喘研究主要集中在大洋洲及东北亚，且哮喘研究与国家的富裕程度相关。推荐在该区域开展有趣的哮喘研究项目。
（林江涛 审校）
J Asthma. 2009 Dec; 46(10):1013-1020.
Asthma research performance in Asia-Pacific: a bibliometric analysis by searching PubMed database.
Klaewsongkram J, Reantragoon R.
Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Pathumwan, Bangkok, Thailand.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Countries in the Asia-Pacific region have experienced an increase in the prevalence of asthma, and they have been actively involved in asthma research recently. This study aimed to analyze asthma research from Asia-Pacific in the last decade by bibliometric method.
METHOD: Asthma articles from Asia-Pacific countries published between 1998 and 2007 were retrieved from PubMed by searching MeSH for "asthma."
RESULTS: Most of published asthma articles in Asia-Pacific are from affluent countries in northeast Asia and Oceania. Australia and Japan have been the regional powerhouses since they contributed more than half of regional articles on asthma. Asthma publications from emerging economies in Asia such as South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, have dramatically increased in the last decade in terms of quantity and quality aspects and were considerable sources of basic and translational research in the region. Mainland China and India have significantly increased their research capacity as well, but quality needs to be improved. Asthma publications from New Zealand and Australia, countries with the highest asthma prevalence rates in the world, yielded highest citation counts per articles and were published in journals with high impact factor. Asthma research parameters per million population correlate well with gross domestic product per capita. Almost half (41%) of total articles were produced from only 25 institutions in the region and almost half of them (47%) were published in 20 journals.
CONCLUSIONS: Asthma research in Asia-Pacific were mainly conducted in countries in Oceania and Northeast Asia and research performance strongly correlated with the nation’s wealth. Interesting asthma research projects in the region were recommended.
J Asthma. 2009 Dec; 46(10):1013-20.
方法：主题词采用“哮喘”（asthma），搜索Pubmed数据库中1998年～2007年亚太地区研究者发表的哮喘相关论文。
结果：大部分哮喘文献主要来自于东北亚及大洋洲较为富裕地区。澳大利亚和日本哮喘相关文献较多，占总数的一半以上。亚洲其他经济增长地区，如韩国、台湾、香港和新加坡在哮喘文献的数量和质量上，都有所提升，主要是基础及基础至临床的过渡性研究。中国大陆及印度相关文献数量有所增加，但质量有待进一步提高。新西兰和澳大利亚是世界上哮喘发病率最高的国家，其哮喘文献引用频率较高，且文章发表的杂志级别也较高。每百万人哮喘研究参数与人均国内生产总值相关。近一半（41%）的文章来自于25个机构，其中近半数文章（47%）发表在20个期刊上。
结论：亚太地区哮喘研究主要集中在大洋洲及东北亚，且哮喘研究与国家的富裕程度相关。推荐在该区域开展有趣的哮喘研究项目。
（林江涛 审校）
J Asthma. 2009 Dec; 46(10):1013-1020.
Asthma research performance in Asia-Pacific: a bibliometric analysis by searching PubMed database.
Klaewsongkram J, Reantragoon R.
Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Pathumwan, Bangkok, Thailand.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Countries in the Asia-Pacific region have experienced an increase in the prevalence of asthma, and they have been actively involved in asthma research recently. This study aimed to analyze asthma research from Asia-Pacific in the last decade by bibliometric method.
METHOD: Asthma articles from Asia-Pacific countries published between 1998 and 2007 were retrieved from PubMed by searching MeSH for "asthma."
RESULTS: Most of published asthma articles in Asia-Pacific are from affluent countries in northeast Asia and Oceania. Australia and Japan have been the regional powerhouses since they contributed more than half of regional articles on asthma. Asthma publications from emerging economies in Asia such as South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, have dramatically increased in the last decade in terms of quantity and quality aspects and were considerable sources of basic and translational research in the region. Mainland China and India have significantly increased their research capacity as well, but quality needs to be improved. Asthma publications from New Zealand and Australia, countries with the highest asthma prevalence rates in the world, yielded highest citation counts per articles and were published in journals with high impact factor. Asthma research parameters per million population correlate well with gross domestic product per capita. Almost half (41%) of total articles were produced from only 25 institutions in the region and almost half of them (47%) were published in 20 journals.
CONCLUSIONS: Asthma research in Asia-Pacific were mainly conducted in countries in Oceania and Northeast Asia and research performance strongly correlated with the nation’s wealth. Interesting asthma research projects in the region were recommended.
J Asthma. 2009 Dec; 46(10):1013-20.
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