Table 2.
Total number of Schistosoma-specific articles published from 1990–1999 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 | 1576 | 183 (11.6%) |
152 (9.6%) |
63 (4.0%) |
502 (31.9%) |
39 (2.5%) |
146 (9.3%) |
35 (2.2%) |
17 (1.1%) |
78 (4.9%) |
361 (22.9%) |
| Journal of Tropical Diseases and Parasitology | 520 | 56 (10.8%) |
45 (8.6%) |
28 (5.4%) |
203 (39.0%) |
14 (2.7%) |
39 (7.5%) |
16 (3.1%) |
50 (9.6%) |
38 (7.3%) |
31 (6.0%) |
| Chinese Journal of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases | 320 | 29 (9.1%) |
41 (12.8%) |
3 (0.9%) |
48 (15.0%) |
7 (2.1%) |
4 (1.3%) |
3 (0.9%) |
3 (0.9%) |
4 (1.3%) |
178 (55.6%) |
| Parasitoses and Infectious Diseases | 292 | 51 (17.5%) |
12 (4.1%) |
3 (1.0%) |
132 (45.2%) |
18 (6.2%) |
7 (2.4%) |
16 (5.5%) |
0 | 24 (8.2%) |
29 (9.9%) |
| Journal of Pathogen Biology | 166 | 15 (9.0%) |
29 (17.5%) |
17 (10.2%) |
23 (13.9%) |
4 (2.4%) |
8 (4.8%) |
3 (1.8%) |
6 (3.6%) |
4 (2.4%) |
57 (34.3%) |
| Chinese Journal of Zoonoses | 114 | 15 (13.1%) |
14 (12.2%) |
27 (23.7%) |
2 (1.8%) |
13 (11.4%) |
3 (2.6%) |
2 (1.8%) |
2 (1.8%) |
1 (0.9%) |
35 (30.7%) |
| Journal of Public Health and Preventive Medicine | 101 | 17 (16.8%) |
11 (10.9%) |
2 (2.0%) |
23 (22.8%) |
17 (16.8%) |
6 (5.9%) |
4 (4.0%) |
2 (2.0%) |
10 (9.9%) |
9 (8.9%) |
| Practical Preventive Medicine | 97 | 16 (16.5%) |
7 (7.2%) |
3 (3.1%) |
22 (22.7%) |
10 (10.3%) |
10 (10.3%) |
5 (5.2%) |
2 (2.1%) |
11 (11.3%) |
11 (11.3%) |
| International Journal of Medical Parasitic Diseases | 54 | 3 (5.6%) |
4 (7.4%) |
22 (40.7%) |
2 (3.7%) |
0 | 1 (1.9%) |
0 | 0 | 5 (9.2%) |
17 (31.5%) |
| China Tropical Medicine | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Total | 3240 | 385 (11.9%) |
315 (9.7%) |
168 (5.2%) |
957 (29.5%) |
122 (3.8%) |
224 (6.9%) |
84 (2.6%) |
82 (2.5%) |
175 (5.4%) |
728 (22.4%) |
n.a. not applicable/not available