Objective To bibliometrically analyze the citation characteristics of the papers published in Chinese Joumal of Trauma in recent ten years so as to provide the basis for further clarifying the academic orientation and improving the quality of the journal.Methods Based on the data from Chinese S&T Journal Citation Reports (CJCR) and Chinese Science and Technology Papers and Citations Database (CSTPCD),the data system of Wanfang Database was used to analyze the citation of all papers published in Chinese Journal of Trauma in 2007-2016 by using bibliometric method.The type of the paper included editorial,case report,consensus and guideline,forum for expert,treatise,exchange of experiences,review,etc.The contents including messages,news and other column were excluded.Descriptive statistical analysis and evaluation were carried out on the citation,citation of a single article,distribution of the authors of the cited papers,subject distribution of the cited papers,high citation papers,core annual index,and the core influencing factors.Results In 2007-2016,Chinese Journal of Trauma published 3 249 papers,with annual publication volume of 254-361 papers (average 325 papers).A total of 2 452 papers were cited,with citation rate of 75.47％.The accumulated citation was 14 271 times,with average citation of 5.82 times and maximum citation frequency of 141 times.The authors of the cited papers were mainly from three source areas including Chongqing,Zhejiang Province and Shanghai.The main agencies were the Research Institute of Surgery,Daping Hospital of Third Military Medical University and the People's Hospital of Peking University.The most three subjects of the cited papers were bone and joint injury (723 papers,29.49％),craniocerebral injury (396 papers,16.15％) and spinal cord injury (367 papers,14.97％).A total of 400 papers (16.31％) were cited over 10 times,of which the articles in Bone and Joint Injuries ranked the most,up to 124 papers (31％).In recent 3 years (2014,2015 and 2016),the core annual indices were 0.058,0.121,0.193 respectively,and the core influencing factors were 0.743,0.833,0.919 respectively.Conclusions The content of papers published in Chinese Journal of Trauma is closely concentrated on the trauma discipline,with relatively a high citation rate and high influence.However,there still lack the outstanding papers.The subjects of the cited papers and the units with high publication rate are rather concentrated,indicating an urgent need for strengthening topic selection planning to expand author group and sources of manuscripts.