Abstract:

By using the biblio-metrics method,articles,authors and citations in 60 issues of Journal of South China University of Technology ( Natural Science Edition) ( Journal of SCUT for short) from 2006 to 2010,were statistically analyzed. The results were then compared with those in the literature. It is found that ( 1) a large number of articles are yearly published in Journal of SCUT,among which the number of articles on the subject of "Electronics,Communication & Automation Technology”is the largest and has been increasing year by year; ( 2) in this journal,90.69% of the published articles are supported by foundation funds,the average publication delay of articles shows a gradual decrease; ( 3) 97.99% of the articles are co-authored and the average number of the authors of each article is 3.36; ( 4) Besides the United States,the first authors are from twenty-four provinces,autonomous regions and municipalities as well as Hong Kong in China; ( 5) 42.12% of the authors are professors or associate
professors,78.51% of the authors hold the Ph. D. degree or are post doctorates,30.31% of the authors are at the age of less than 30,and 38.83% of the authors are between the ages of 31 and 40; and ( 6) the average number of references per paper is 12.03,62.07% of which are written in English,and 73.84% are cited from journals,which indicates that the journal is of a high-level citation in varied types.

Key words: sci-tech periodical, Journal of South China University of Technology ( Natural Science Edition) , article analysis, author analysis, citation analysis