Abstract:

Objective To explore the trend of the development of academic influence of the major ophthalmology journals in China in 2010-2014. Design Retrospective data analysis. Participants The major ophthalmology journals in China. Methods Based on the citation reports of the science and technology of China in 2011-2015, we compared the citation rates, impact factors, grant supported rates of the papers published in ophthalmology journals in China. Main Outcome Measures Impact factor, total cited frequency, others citation rate, number and proportion of funded papers and comprehensive evaluation score. Results From 2010 to 2014, the Chinese Journal of Ophthalmology had the highest total citation frequecy (2318, 2584, 2717, 2616 and 2278 respectively), followed by the International Ophthalmology Review with 12 336 papers published in the journal. The top five journals of impact factor were the Chinese Journal of Ophthalmology, Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases, Recent Advances of Ophthalmology, Chinese Journal of Strabismus and Pediatric Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology in China. And their comprehensive evaluation score were 79.58, 41.28, 45.20, 26.24, 38.88 respectively.  Conclusion Development of journals in the field of Chinese ophthalmology is imbalanced. （Ophthalmol CHN， 2016, 25： 413－417）

Key words: ophthalmology, scientific and technical journals, academic indicators