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Today in China, there are more than 8,000 academic journals, of which more than 4,600 can be considered scientific.〔Tian ZY. Thoughts on Chinese scholarly journals’ current condition and development. J Liaoning Technical University (Soc Sci Ed) 2003;5(1):107-9.〕 About 1,400 cover health science (medicine and public health).〔http://dx2.tydata.com/〕 ==Journals== Most scientific journals in China are supported by federal, regional, or local governments. Some scientific journals are owned by professional associations. There are very few privately owned scientific journals. Some journals — mainly those supported by the national government — are regarded as high-prestige journals, and authors preferentially select these journals for their best papers. Lists of those top journals can be found at http://www.periodicals.net.cn, http://www.tydata.com, and http://www.cnki.net/. Such top-tier journals include the 67 journals published by the Chinese Medical Association. Those journals and most other academic journals are indexed by major indexing services in China. Most scientific journals in China are published monthly, bimonthly, or quarterly. A few are published twice a month. The average time to publication is 14.1 months.〔Wu CF. Trends regarding Western and Chinese journals. Sci Pub 2003;(2):12-4.〕 Most journals are available only in print form or only in electronic form. Most scientific journals in China are published in Chinese; a few have English translations of abstracts for research articles. Some 189 scientific journals are published in English, of which 29 are health-science journals.〔(中国数字化期刊群 )〕 Most articles published in English-language scientific journals in China are indexed by Science Citation Index and Engineering Index.〔Bi L. Status and analysis of English editions of Chinese science and technology periodicals. J Southeast University (Philosophy Soc Sci) 2002;4(1A):79-86.〕 Most scientific journals in China are not published in English, which has meant that much of current scientific development in China is not readily available to non–Chinese-speaking scientists. A large portion of these journals however, also have an abstract in English. In 1999, only 661 Chinese journals were indexed in the international index systems:〔Xiang F. Coverage of Chinese scientific journals by six international indexing systems. Sci Pub 2002;(1):13-5.〕 Science Citation Index: 13 Engineering Index: 96 Index of Science and Technology Programs: 110 Science Abstracts: 117 Center for Biophotonics: Science and Technology: 132 Abstract Journal: 193 As of June 2001, 62 Chinese journals (44 in English) were indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.〔Wu Q, Zhang GH, Zhu X. Evaluation of scientific journals and analysis of scientific publication by natural scientists at Beijing University. Sci Res Manag 2002;23(6):113-8.〕 The impact factor of Chinese scientific journals is relatively low. In 1999, the top-cited journal—''Mining and Geologica Sinica''—had an impact factor of 1.487, and the average number of citations per article published in the Chinese journals covered by Science Citation Index was 0.326. One reason for the low impact factor is that Chinese scientists tend to use relatively few references in their publications (average, 6.6 references per article). A second reason is that scientists in China, like those in other countries, prefer to publish their best papers in major or top English-language journals. In fact, for such purposes as promotion to senior positions, Chinese scientists must have published in Western journals. According to the Institute of Science and Technology of China, the number of articles written by Chinese scientists and published in non-Chinese journals increased from 13,134 in 1995 to 24,476 in 1999—a 95% increase. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Academic publishing in China」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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