Abstract:

[Purposes] This paper aims to analyze the tendency of winners of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in publishing their research articles and explore whether these major innovative articles were published on top international journals with high impact factors, which is expected to serve as a reference for scientific researchers. [Methods] We searched for the earliest articles associated with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine of every winner from 1989 to 2019 in PubMed and Web of Science and analyzed the related journals, their impact factor and quartiles in JCR, countries of related journals, and publishing time of the articles. [Findings] Nobel Prize winners published articles mainly on top international journals such as Nature (22.89%), Cell (14.46%), and Science (10.84%) in the United States (55.42%) and the United Kingdom (38.55%). A vast majority (79.52%) of them are found on journals in JCR-Q1. In addition, the number of these articles on journals of the winners' home countries sees great differences, which is polarized. The Nobel Prize winners and the journals demonstrate a win-win relationship. [Conclusions] Publishing high-quality scientific papers on journals of home countries is not only a reflection of the confidence in culture, but also an important impetus to domestic scientific journal development. Scholars in China should put SCI in perspective and establish a scientific evaluation system with both Chinese characteristics and global vision.

Key words: Nobel Prize, Publication tendency, SCI, Scientific evaluation system

摘要：

【目的】 分析诺贝尔生理学或医学奖获得者相关论著的发表倾向,探索具有重大创新性的论文是否都发表在高影响力的国际顶尖期刊中,为科研工作者提供参考。 【方法】 在PubMed及Web of Science核心合集数据库中检索1989—2019年所有获得诺贝尔生理学或医学奖的学者发表的与获奖相关的最早论著,统计分析论文来源期刊、期刊影响因子及JCR分区、期刊国别、发表时间等指标。【结果】 诺贝尔奖获得者发表在Nature(22.89%)、Cell(14.46%)和Science(10.84%)等国际顶尖期刊的论文数量占比较高,主要倾向于将论著发表在美国(55.42%)、英国(38.55%)的期刊上;79.52%的获奖者论著被发表在JCR-Q1区期刊中;不同国家的获奖者将其论著发表在本国期刊的情况存在较大差异,发文倾向整体上呈现两极态势;诺贝尔奖获得者和期刊之间总体上呈现出一种“相互成就”的局面。【结论】 优质科研成果在本国发表不仅体现着文化自信,还有利于促进本国科技期刊的繁荣发展。我国科研工作者应正确对待SCI,同时建立具有我国特色而又与世界接轨的科研评价体系。

关键词: 诺贝尔奖, 发文倾向, SCI, 科研评价体系