Abstract: Objective To analyze the features of authors in Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis from 2003 to 2015. Methods A total of 2639 papers including 11 852 authors published in Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis from 2003 to 2015 were selected and analyzed in terms of bibliomertic parameters for authors’ features. The core authors were calculated according to the Terrace formula: M=0.749(N_max)^1/2. Results There were 170 core authors accounting for 9.27% (170/1834) of all first authors. Among them, 28 were members of editorial board of Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis, accounting for only 36.84% (28/76) of the eighth editorial committee of the journal. There were six provinces including Beijing, Guangdong, Shanghai, Shandong, Zhejiang and Hubei pro-vinces published more than 100 articles in journal. The authors from the hospital and TB dispensary accounted for 44.79% (1182/2639) and 39.22% (1035/2639), respectively. The authors of per article were 4.49 persons. Among 2639 articles, the author’s cooperation rate was 91.06% (2403/2639) and the unit cooperation rate was 30.77% (812/2639). Conclusion The core authors in Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis are stable. The authors distribute unevenly in different regions. The submission activity in the members of editorial board should be improved.

Key words: Bibliometrics, Journal article, Authorship, Data interpretation, statistical, Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis