It Might Be Time for Multilingual Publications in Medicine
Non-English-language publication citations in PubMed® and their indexing in MEDLINE have not been known for producing multilingual publication citations, and this is becoming more common. The authors have explored the vastness of Japanese-language publication citations in PubMed® from Japan for publ...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2024-01-01
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| Series: | NMO Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/JNMO.JNMO_4_24 |
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| Summary: | Non-English-language publication citations in PubMed® and their indexing in MEDLINE have not been known for producing multilingual publication citations, and this is becoming more common. The authors have explored the vastness of Japanese-language publication citations in PubMed® from Japan for publishing the results in a multilingual format. The percentage of Japanese-language publication citations in PubMed® from Japan started shooting up in 1961 to reach its zenith in 1971 at 81% before starting to plummet after 1986 to reach its rock bottom at 3% in 2022. This may be explained by the initially stagnating numbers and now decreasing numbers of Japanese-language publication citations in PubMed®, which are not able to keep up with exploding numbers of non-Japanese-language publication citations in PubMed®. |
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| ISSN: | 2348-3806 2950-5933 |