为评价《亚热带植物科学》论文的学术质量与特色提供量化依据,以2005~2009年该刊所载论文的引文数据为样本,采用文献计量学的方法,统计分析了期刊引文量、引文类型、引文语种、自引率、赖普斯指数等指标。结果表明,近5年来,期刊论文引文率86.61%,篇均引文11.83条;引文类型以期刊和图书为主,分别占总引文量的80.66%和16.67%,中文文献占绝大部分,期刊自引率仅0.99%,普赖斯指数38.13%。与同领域核心期刊比较,该刊作者群掌握信息能力稍低。此外,自引率偏低,表明期刊所载论文研究的连续性有待提高。

The quantitative characteristics of citations in Subtropical Plant Science (2005~2009) were analyzed by method of bibliometrology.The results showed that the citation rate of Subtropical Plant Science was 86.61 percent,and the average number of citations was 11.83.The category of the citations was mainly periodicals and books,which accounted for 80.66 percent and 16.67 percent,respectively.The citations were mainly written in Chinese,which accounted for 70.14 percent.The ratio of self-citation and price index of the journal were 0.99 percent and 38.13 percent,respectively.At last,these quantitative index of citation in Subtropical Plant Science were compared with those of Chinese core periodicals in agricultural science,and some advices were given to advance the editorial work of the journal.