Harnessing the wealth of Chinese scientific literature: schistosomiasis research and control in China.

ABSTRACT: The economy of China continues to boom and so have its biomedical research and related publishing activities. Several so-called neglected tropical diseases that are most common in the developing world are still rampant or even emerging in some parts of China. The purpose of this article is to document the significant research potential from the Chinese biomedical bibliographic databases. The research contributions from China in the epidemiology and control of schistosomiasis provide an excellent illustration. We searched two widely used databases, namely China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and VIP Information (VIP). Employing the keyword "Schistosoma" and covering the period 1990-2006, we obtained 10,244 hits in the CNKI database and 5,975 in VIP. We examined 10 Chinese biomedic

SUBMITTER: Liu Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2576166 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature