Scientific publications in critical care medicine journals from East Asia: A 10-year survey of the literature

Objective: the quantity and quality of publications in critical care medicine from east asia haven’t been reported. this study aimed to investigate the contribution of publications from east asia. methods: articles from china,japan and south korea in 2005 to 2014 were retrieved from web of science and pubmed. the number of publications,impact factor,citation,and article types were analyzed. results: there were 3076 publications from east asia (1720 from china,913 from japan,and 443 from south korea). there were a significant decrease in publications from japan (p = 0.024) and significant increases from china (p = 0.000) and south korea (p = 0.009). from 2006,the number of articles from china exceed japan. china had the highest total impact factor (6618.48) and citation (18416),followed by japan (4566.03; 15440) and south korea (1998.19; 5599). japan had the highest mean impact factor (5.00) and citations (16.91),followed by south korea (4.51; 12.64) and china (3.85; 10.71). conclusions: china and south koreas contributions to critical care medicine had significant increases during the past 10 years,while japan had a significant decrease. china was the most productive region in east asia since 2006. japan had the highest quality research output. © 2016,professional medical publications. all rights reserved.