An Analysis of Medical Articles Published Domestically and Abroad by Korean Researchers from 1960 to 2008

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to analyze how the changes of eval uation standards have affected Korean medical researchers' academic performance by comparing the publication status of medical articles both domestically and abroad. A total of 314,559 domestic articles in KMbase and 53,423 articles stored in MEDLINE published abroad by Korean researchers were analyzed. All of the data wer e compared per year according to the research field and indexed journals by numbers and proportions of articl es published domestically and abroad. The analysis showed that the number of total articles and the proportion of articles published abroad increased continuously. In the early 2000s, articles published in Korea decreased, othe rwise articles published abroad increased sharply. SCI articles showed a steady increase before 2000, and continue d to increase over the next few years. KCI articles also showed a rapid increase in the early 2000s while other art icles were decreasing. Publication trends shown in this study were similar despite quantitative and timely diff erences by research area. Performance evaluations focusing on SCI articles affected on quantitative decrease in t he number of total articles published domestically. Quantitative growth itself is not an absolute indicator for aca demic achievement. Therefore, to complement any evaluation of academic achievement, qualitative analysis needs to be done as well.키워드: 의학논문, 국내의학자, 양적분석, 과학인용색인지수, 한국학술진흥재단인용색인지수Medical Articles, Korean Researcher, Quantitative Analysis, SCI , KCI