国内外主要老年医学类期刊英文摘要比较分析

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目的 分析10种国内外重要老年医学期刊论著英文摘要结构、内容和语言特点,比较其异同,以促进我国老年医学科研成果的国际交流. 方法 对Pubmed数据库收录的2012年影响因子高于3.0的国外老年医学5种期刊近3年的论著摘要进行检索.利用中国万方医学网检索系统,检索中文老年医学类核心(统计源)5种期刊近3年的摘要.国内外老年医学期刊库样本量分别为60和61篇,比较国内外老年医学期刊英文摘要的结构形式、篇幅长短、内容描述,并统计分析语言写作的特点. 结果 国内5种老年医学核心期刊的论著中基础研究和临床研究均采用简明型结构式摘要,且引导词一成不变,而国外老年医学期刊根据杂志的类型和文章的学科性质采用的形式各不相同:一般基础类论著多采用非结构式摘要,临床或调查类论著多采用结构式摘要.与国外老年医学期刊比较,国内期刊英文摘要存在篇幅较短,目的与题名重复高,无背景介绍,结果数据描述详略不当,被动语态应用较多,情态动词使用不当等问题. 结论 国内老年医学工作者可以学习借鉴国外老年医学期刊摘要结构形式、内容的多样性,加强背景和新颖性阐述,多用主动语态等写作特点,以更快与国际老年医学期刊主流趋势接轨.%Objective To analyze the structural,content and language characteristics of English abstract in domestic versus international geriatrics journals in order to promote international exchange in geriatric medicine research in our country.Methods In this paper,we analyzed the characteristics and contents of original articles published in 5 foreign journals (IF＞3.0) from Pubmed database (n=60) and 5 core (the source of statistics) domestic geriatric journals from Wanfang web during recent 3 years (n=61).Results Our survey showed that in the domestic geriatrics journals,the structured abstracts were used with inflexible four-heading and fixed leading words.In foreign geriatrics journals,however,non-structured abstracts were mostly applied in articles on basic research,and structured abstracts primarily appeared in clinical or survey research papers.Compared with foreign geriatrics journals,the shortages or some problems in English abstracts of the domestic geriatrics journals included a short writing,repetition of objective with title,lack of description of research background,improper description of results data,more passive voice,improper use of modal verbs.Conclusions The domestic geriatrics journals should learn the diverse forms of abstracts and content structure from foreign geriatrics journals,strengthen the elaboration of background and highlights,and use active voice in concordance with the international mainstream.