Abstract: objective To analyze the characteristics of high download frequency paper of Chongqing Medical Journal. Methods
The top 150 high download frequency papers published in Chongqing Medical Journal were collected from CNKI database to
analyze the total download frequency, download frequency of single papers, citation frequency, single paper citation
frequency, authorship, affiliations, funding, and published columns. Results For the 146 high download frequency papers, the
download frequency averaged 2035 times with a citation frequency of 71 103 times, showing a low correlation between
download frequency and citation frequency (r=0.250, P=0.250). In the high download frequency papers, the top 3 were
published in columns of review (54.1%), original articles (21.9%), and hospital or health management (7.5%). The first authors
came mainly from Chongqing Medical University and the affiliated hospitals and Third Military Medical University and its
affiliated hospitals. Sixty-one papers(41.78%) had signature of our editors or reviewing experts, 31 (21.23%) had funding
support. The average time length from publish to download was (6.35±2.36) years (range 4-8 years). Conclusion There is a
correlation between the download frequency and citation frequency among the high download frequency papers of
Chongqing Medical Journal; the actual published small columns, but cited frequency is not high necessarily; local medical
research resources are still the main source of publication quality manuscripts. The probability of paper with fund support is
higher than paper without fund support.