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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