Quantitative analysis of the fund papers published on Journal of Bengbu Medical College from 2004 to 2014

Objective:To investigate the fund papers published on Journal of Bengbu Medical College from 2004 to 2014.Methods:The number of papers and fund projects, fund distribution and level, age, the professional title, work unit of the first author, and the distribution of the fund papers in different columns in 102 journals were statistically analyzed from 2004 to 2014.Results:Among the 5 278 papers publishing on Journal of Bengbu Medical College from 2004 to 2014, 862 papers were the fund papers, which accounted for 16.33% of the total, and showed the increasing trend year by year(χ²=29.78, P<0.01).The 862 papers were funded by 1 146 projects, which increased gradually year by year(χ²=89.30, P<0.01).The 86.31% of the projects was from Anhui Province, the most of which was provincial level project(35.27%).The first authors of these papers were mainly the young and middle-aged, medium-grade professional title and from universities and colleges.The fund papers publishing in the first 5 columns were the medical education, basic medical science, psychological medicine, review, technology and methods.Conclusions:The annual number of the papers and ratio of fund papers are relatively stable.Preferential publishing, no charge and year-end reward can attract the outstanding fund paper, improve the quality and promote development of the journal.