Change trend of bibliometric indicators of Chinese Journal of Public Health,2005 to 2011

Objective To analyse bibliometric indicators of Chinese Journal of Public Health from 2005 to 2011.Methods Citation index and source periodicals index of periodicals were collected from Chinese Journal Citation Reports from 2006 to 2012,and the stability index,the average increases of the indexes were calculated.Results During the period,the overall cited frequency for Chinese Journal of Public Health was 3 524 with a mean of impact factor of 0.565;the mean of subject impact index was 0.89;the mean of subjects diffusion index was 8.95,and the mean ratio of the papers supported by various study funds was 0.62.There were obvious variations in the overall cited frequency,impact factor,immediacy index,and number of citied journals,whereas the subject diffusion index and other indexes remained stable,but cited rate,index of diffusion of subject,literature source,and the number of institutions of the authors declined during the period.ConclusionCitation index and source periodicals index of Chinese Journal of Public Health showed an increase trend from 2005 to 2011,with a higher rank in comprehensive evaluation for scientific journals on preventive medicine.