Table 3

Total number of Schistosoma-specific articles published from 2000–2006 in the 10 leading Chinese journals publishing original schistosomiasis research articles in China, by major research topic

Journal
Total articles
New tools
Epidemiology
Control
Other research








Diagnostics
Drugs
Vaccines

Clinical issues
Chemotherapy
Health education
Water supply and sanitation
Integrated control


Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control
1154
128
(11.1%)
134
(11.6%)
40
(3.5%)
382
(33.1%)
117
(10.1%)
28
(2.4%)
31
(2.7%)
16
(1.4%)
67
(5.8%)
211
(18.3%)
Chinese Journal of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases
230
23
(10.0%)
21
(9.1%)
17
(7.4%)
33
(14.3%)
6
(2.6%)
0
0
0
5
(2.2%)
125
(54.3%)
Parasitoses and Infectious Diseases
205
28
(13.6%)
11
(5.4%)
2
(1.0%)
116
(56.6%)
12
(5.9%)
5
(2.4%)
16
(7.8%)
1
(0.5%)
10
(4.9%)
4
(2.0%)
Journal of Tropical Diseases and Parasitology
186
20
(10.8%)
17
(9.1%)
10
(5.4%)
69
(37.1%)
16
(8.6%)
5
(2.7%)
2
(1.1%)
12
(6.4%)
18
(9.6%)
17
(9.1%)
Chinese Journal of Parasitic Disease Control
179
12
(6.7%)
20
(11.1%)
36
(20.1%)
30
(16.8%)
14
(7.8%)
2
(1.1%)
5
(2.8%)
4
(2.2%)
9
(5.0%)
47
(26.3%)
Chinese Journal of Zoonoses
156
16
(10.3%)
7
(4.5%)
68
(43.6%)
10
(6.4%)
3
(1.9%)
1
(0.6%)
0
0
3
(1.9%)
48
(30.8%)
International Journal of Medical Parasitic Diseases
141
15
(10.6%)
13
(9.2%)
35
(24.8%)
15
(10.6%)
3
(2.1%)
0
0
2
(1.4%)
8
(5.7%)
50
(35.5%)
Journal of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
71
12
(16.9%)
5
(7.0%)
2
(2.8%)
21
(29.6%)
3
(4.2%)
4
(5.6%)
2
(2.8%)
3
(4.2%)
16
(22.5%)
3
(4.2%)
China Tropical Medicine
67
2
(3.0%)
8
(11.9%)
25
(37.3%)
15
(22.4%)
3
(4.5%)
0
1
(1.5%)
3
(4.5%)
3
(4.5%)
7
(10.4%)
Practical Preventive Medicine
59
9
(15.2%)
6
(10.2%)
5
(8.5%)
14
(23.7%)
8
(13.6%)
6
(10.2%)
0
1
(1.7%)
6
(10.2%)
4
(6.8%)

Total
2448
265
(10.8%)
242
(9.9%)
240
(9.8%)
652
(26.6%)
238
(9.7%)
51
(2.1%)
57
(2.3%)
42
(1.7%)
145
(5.9%)
516
(21.1%)

Liu et al. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008 5:19   doi:10.1186/1742-7622-5-19