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The role of China's English‐language scientific journals in scientific communication
Author(s) -
Ren Shengli,
Rousseau Ronald
Publication year - 2004
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 - 10.1087/095315104322958472
Subject(s) - china , science citation index , visibility , scientific communication , citation , english language , quality (philosophy) , political science , library science , social science , media studies , sociology , psychology , mathematics education , computer science , geography , law , epistemology , philosophy , meteorology
Between 1929 and 2002 over 200 English‐language scientific journals were founded in China. The number of China's English edition journals in each discipline is, however, not correlated to the corresponding output of China's articles listed in the ISI's Science Citation Index. Clearly, the goal of these journals is to be internationally recognized. It is shown that this goal is rarely achieved. We think that lack of good‐quality papers, low international visibility and a citation ‘Matthew effect’ are the main causes for the small role played by China's English‐language journals.