<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec><h3>Objective</h3><p>To explore patterns and trends in nursing publications from the People's Republic of China.</p></sec><sec><h3>Methods</h3><p>Using the Scopus online database, the author performed two searches in August 2019. The first search identified all items in the category of nursing affiliated to China, and the second search identified publications from China within one specific nursing journal. The author used a theoretical framework to provide a more in-depth understanding of patterns and trends within these items.</p></sec><sec><h3>Results</h3><p>The number of articles categorized as <italic>nursing</italic>, with listed authorship in China, within the Scopus database was 17,506. The majority of published papers were categorized as research. Top-ranking Chinese universities, such as Peking University and Fudan University, scored high in terms of several publications listed within the database. Although categorized as <italic>nursing</italic>, the most common <italic>source titles</italic> that are mostly high-ranking journals did not feature the high-ranking nursing journals. Identified authors were generally not affiliated with nursing schools. Focused analysis of one of the top-ranking nursing journals, the <italic>Journal of Nursing Management</italic>, featured top Chinese universities and consistent nursing authorship. Nursing authors were found to have lower <italic>h</italic>-indices than international nursing professors.</p></sec><sec><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>There has been a steady increase year by year in publications categorized as <italic>nursing</italic> from China since 2009, with the majority of published papers categorized as research. There is clear evidence of scholarly activity in nursing in China, both in the published literature and anecdotally in practice. However, nursing scholars need to do more to increase dissemination and ensure that nursing professors are leading and driving nursing research, although in a multidisciplinary context. There is also a need for increased exposure of Chinese nursing scholarship in high-ranking nursing journals.</p></sec></abstract>

ObjectiveTo explore patterns and trends in nursing publications from the People's Republic of China.MethodsUsing the Scopus online database, the author performed two searches in August 2019. The first search identified all items in the category of nursing affiliated to China, and the second search identified publications from China within one specific nursing journal. The author used a theoretical framework to provide a more in-depth understanding of patterns and trends within these items.ResultsThe number of articles categorized as nursing, with listed authorship in China, within the Scopus database was 17,506. The majority of published papers were categorized as research. Top-ranking Chinese universities, such as Peking University and Fudan University, scored high in terms of several publications listed within the database. Although categorized as nursing, the most common source titles that are mostly high-ranking journals did not feature the high-ranking nursing journals. Identified authors were generally not affiliated with nursing schools. Focused analysis of one of the top-ranking nursing journals, the Journal of Nursing Management, featured top Chinese universities and consistent nursing authorship. Nursing authors were found to have lower h-indices than international nursing professors.ConclusionsThere has been a steady increase year by year in publications categorized as nursing from China since 2009, with the majority of published papers categorized as research. There is clear evidence of scholarly activity in nursing in China, both in the published literature and anecdotally in practice. However, nursing scholars need to do more to increase dissemination and ensure that nursing professors are leading and driving nursing research, although in a multidisciplinary context. There is also a need for increased exposure of Chinese nursing scholarship in high-ranking nursing journals.

An overview of patterns and trends in nursing publications from the People's Republic of China

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ObjectiveTo explore patterns and trends in nursing publications from the People's Republic of China.MethodsUsing the Scopus online database, the author...

An overview of patterns and trends in nursing publications from the People's Republic of China

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Jul 14, 2020

Page range: 111 - 118

Received: Nov 15, 2019

Accepted: Dec 14, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2020-0020

Keywords
nurse, nursing, research, publication, dissemination

© 2020 Fiona Timmins, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

An overview of patterns and trends in nursing publications from the People's Republic of China

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Jul 14, 2020

Page range: 111 - 118

Received: Nov 15, 2019

Accepted: Dec 14, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2020-0020

Keywordsnurse, nursing, research, publication, dissemination

© 2020 Fiona Timmins, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
nurse, nursing, research, publication, dissemination