Analysis on the status quo of medical education research papers in China

2 306 articles on medical education published in the year 2007 from five comprehensive academic journals of medical education in China were selected as the analysis objects in this stuay.The analysis included 10 aspects such as region distribution,number of author and institution,institution level and the category,academic background of the authors,topic selection,research method and reference citation.The stuay was to find out the status quo of medical eduction research papers and at the same time to propose some suggestions for the existed problems.It would be helpful to promote the level enhancement of medical education research of China. Key words: Medical education research; Paper; Analysis; Evaluation