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Abstracting and indexing services in China
Author(s) -
Zeng Lei
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
learned publishing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.06
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-4857
pISSN - 0953-1513
DOI - 10.1002/leap/40003
Subject(s) - china , mistake , search engine indexing , service (business) , production (economics) , order (exchange) , business , computer science , economics , political science , marketing , world wide web , finance , law , macroeconomics
The first abstracting and indexing (A&I) service in China celebrated its thirty–year birthday in 1988. However, it would be a mistake to consider the growth of A&I services in China in the same way as other countries because A&I services in China not only had to start from zero, but also had a rebirth after a period of regression; they are not commercial agencies; at the end of the 1980s, almost all of the A&I services produced in China are printed versions, while computerized production is in the stage of experiment. It is the purpose of this paper to present a picture of the development of A&I services in China and identify some of their problems in order to encourage serious attention to their status.