Clinical Research Promotes Development of Nephrology in China: An Analysis of 20 Years of Scientific Publications

Figures & data

Figure 1. The trend of the number of total articles from Mainland China (ML), Hong Kong (HK), and Taiwan (TW).

Figure 2. The trend of number of articles in nephrology journals from six countries.

Figure 3. The trend of numbers of clinical articles and basic articles from Mainland China (ML), Hong Kong (HK), and Taiwan (TW).

Notes: Type C means type of articles categorized as clinical research. Type B means type of articles categorized as basic research.

Figure 4. The number of articles in clinical trials, randomized controlled trials (RCTs), and case reports from Mainland China (ML), Taiwan (TW), and Hong Kong (HK).

Figure 5. Articles from different cities in Mainland China (ML).

Figure 6. The trend of accumulated impact factor (IF) from Mainland China (ML), Hong Kong (HK), and Taiwan (TW).

Figure 7. The trend of average impact factor (IF) from Mainland China (ML), Hong Kong (HK), and Taiwan (TW).

Table 1. Articles published in the 10 most impacted journals from ML, TW, and HK.

Rank	Journal	2010 IF	ML	HK	TW	Total
1	J Am Soc Nephrol	8.288	27	35	28	90
2	Kidney Int	6.105	67	51	117	235
3	Nat Clin Pract Nephrol	5.525	3	8	1	12
4	Am J Kidney Dis	5.242	16	84	99	199
5	Clin J Am Soc Nephrol	4.763	7	10	5	22
6	Curr Opin Nephrol Hy	4.457	1	1	0	2
7	Am J Physiol-Renal	3.792	17	8	26	51
8	Nephrol Dial Transpl	3.564	84	62	156	302
9	Nephron Exp Nephrol	2.743	25	5	1	31
10	Am J Nephrol	2.658	74	13	41	128
Total			319	276	474	1069

Note: ML, Mainland China; HK, Hong Kong; TW, Taiwan; IF, impact factor.

Figure 8. The trend of number of articles at different impact factor (IF) levels from Mainland China (ML).

Figure 9. The trend of numbers of fund and articles from Mainland China (ML).