Faculty publication trends in a Japanese national university: a diachronic document analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We previously demonstrated that in a Japanese national university's medical faculty, overall paper publication frequency increased between 1979-1980 and 2017-2018, while original paper publication did not increase. Further, publication language changed from predominantly Japanese to English. However, whether these trends are specific to medicine or representative of other faculties remains unclear.

Methods

We diachronically analyzed annual university library-produced publication reports for four pharmaceutical and three medical units between 1979-1980 and 2019-2020, elucidating how publication frequency, type, and language medium changed.

Results

All publication types increased for the pharmaceutical faculty, from 2.87 per faculty member per year to 10.77

SUBMITTER: Muller T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10619260 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature