• Sun Yat-sen University, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, State Key Ophthalmic Laboratory,Guangzhou 510060,China;
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Purpose To analyze the contents of domestic and inter national public ations in neuro-ophthalmology during the past decade. Methods CBM and Medline were separately searched in 2007, by using Medical subject heading for retrieving Chinese and English language neuro-ophthalmic articles which were published between 1997 and 2006. Results A total of 13052 Englishwritten a rticles available for analysis were contributed from more than 70 countries, mainly from USA, United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Italy and Canada. The order of frequency was visual cortex(4496/13052,34.4%),optic nerve diseases(3870/13052,29.7%),ocular mo tility disorders(2899/13052,22.2%),visual pathway(1191/13052,9.1%)pupil dis orders(596/13052,5.6%). While a total of 3726 articles were retrieved from CBM, the order of frequency being optic nerve diseases(1854,49.8%),ocular motili ty disorders(excluding strabismus, 1357,36.4%),pupil disorders (242, 6.5%),visual cortex(202, 5.4%), visual pathway(excluding retina, optic nerve, visual cortex, 71). Researchers with diverse specialties contributed to the neuro-ophthalmic publications. Compared with international counterpart, domestic articles relate d to basic researches were much less. Conclusion Neuro-ophtha lmoloy is interdisc iplinary with a wide range of researches and various study hotspots. Domestic basic researches on neuro-ophthalmology remain to be strengthened and improved. (Chin J Ocul Fundus Dis,2008,24:99-102)

Citation: LIU Ying,GAO Yang,CHENG Zhixing,et al.. Bibliometrical analysis of domestic and international publications in neuro-ophthalmology. Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases, 2008, 24(2): 99-102. doi: Copy