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Publication trends of papers on schizophrenia

A 15-year analysis of three general psychiatric journals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

Massimo Morlino ,
Felice Lisanti ,
Angela Gogliettino  and
Giovanni De Girolamo
Massimo Morlino
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Clinic, Medical School, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
Felice Lisanti
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Clinic, Medical School, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
Angela Gogliettino
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Clinic, Medical School, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
Giovanni De Girolamo
Affiliation:
2nd Psychiatric Clinic, Department of Mental Health, Bologna, Italy
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Abstract

Background

We assessed the publication trends of papers on schizophrenia through an analysis of the articles published by three general psychiatric journals (Archives of General Psychiatry (AGP), the British Journal of Psychiatry (BJP), and the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry (ANZJP) from three continents.

Method

For each of the journals, we covered the period between 1980 and 1994. We carried out both a quantitative analysis, assessing the trends over time in the publication of papers on schizophrenia, and a qualitative analysis, classifying the articles into eight scientific fields.

Results

During the study period a total of 943 articles dealing with schizophrenia were published in the three journals evaluated; the proportion of papers focusing on schizophrenia was higher in the AGP and in the BJP (18 and 15%) as compared with the ANZJP (5.6%). A substantially higher proportion of basic science articles was published in the AGP as compared with the BJP and the ANZJP, whereby a somewhat larger representation of epidemiological and psychosocial research was found in the latter journals.

Conclusions

Given the importance of schizophrenia in psychiatric research and practice, it will be useful to regularly monitor the research trends in this specific field.

Type
Papers
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 171 , Issue 5 , November 1997 , pp. 452 - 456
Copyright
Copyright © 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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