Abstract:
[Objective] To analyze the characteristics of authors of articles published in the Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine (JEOM) during 2010-2013, in order to provide proper editorial plans for JEOM.
[Methods] The basic information, authors, and author affiliations of all articles published in the selected four years, as well as ratio of funded papers to the total, were quantitatively analyzed．
[Results] 1) Totally 902 articles were published in the JEOM during 2010-2013, and the average delay in publication were 8-9 months. 2) The average number of authors was 4.40-5.01 per article with a co-authorship rate of 96.01%. The largest proportions of first authors were female (51.85%-60.00%), born in 1970s' and 1980s' (34.16%-40.44%, 25.33%-45.27%), with a master's degree (53.22%), and from centers for disease control and prevention or institutes of health inspection (47.48%). 3) As for the distribution of provinces where the author affiliations located, Shanghai ranked first with 400 (44.35%) articles. Zhejiang and Jiangsu followed behind with 90 (9.98%) and 70 (7.76%) articles, respectively. 4) Ratios of funded papers were 49.78%-56.42%.
[Conclusion] The JEOM is one of the most important information resources for public health research. The authors of articles published in the JEOM are widely distributed with a high co-authorship rate. More contributions are from Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu, which in turn have more influence on the Yangtz River Delta areas, but the distribution is not balanced.
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