A bibliometric study on articles of medical librarianship

摘要

Three medical library periodicals published in China, Japan and U.S.A. were selected for this study. During the years 1990–1992, 36 issues, 410 articles, and 2915 cited references were compared to find each country's trends of research in medical library and information services by way of a bibliometric method. The citation characteristics in the periodicals provided evidence that differences were likely attributable to the fact that the three periodicals were published in different countries.