Chinese research into ulcerative colitis from 1978 to 2017: A bibliometric analysis

Figure 3 Organization distribution of publications focused on ulcerative colitis. A: Proportion of papers published by academic institutions from 2000 to 2017; B: Papers published by academic institutions in core journals from 2000 to 2017. In recent years, the proportion of papers published by academic institutions fluctuated from 44.53% to 50.16% and the proportion of papers published by academic institutions in core journals fluctuated from 61.04% to 68.90%. The general trend indicated that academic institutions exerted a fundamental role in the research related to ulcerative colitis.