1. Shengli Ren
Science China Press
China: Journal Publishing,
DOI and CrossCheck
CrossRef Workshop, 2011

2. SCIENCE CHINA Series: 7 journals
Chinese Science Bulletin
Math Chem Life Sci Earth Sci Tech Sci Inform Sci Phys Sci CSB
Monthly published 3 issues/m
• Received manuscripts in 2010: 10700; Acceptance: 24%.

3. Sponsor and Publisher
Sponsored by:
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) ,
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Published by:
SCIENCE CHINA Press, Springer

4. Scientific journals in China
 Total ：～ 9890 ； scientific Js: ～ 4950 ；
 CJCR (ISTIC): 1946;
 CSCD (CAS): 1200;
 English edition ： ～ 220
ISTIC : Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China

5. Journal Management mechanism
Sponsors Js Ratio (%)
Research institutes 1370 28.8
Universities 1216 25.6
Societies/associations 1158 24.3
Company, publishers, etc. 1014 21.3
Sponsors of China’s scientific journals
• 1.6 journal for each sponsor, loosely distributed.
Guo Y, et al. Situation analysis of China’s scientific journals. Acta Editologica, 2006, 18(1):1-4
Hvistendahl M. China looks to purge academia of ‘trash journals’. Science, 2011, 334: 301

6. International Visibility
of China’s Scientific Journals
— Cooperating with international publishers: 164
(Elsevier, Springer, NPG, IOP, OUP, T&F, Wiley…)
— SCI: 138 (JCR; STM Js)
— Scopus: 488 (STM ＋ social science)
— CA: 58; EI: 244; PubMed: 93 …
— CSCD (CAS): 1200 (searchable in WoS)

7. China’s Js covered in JCR, 2000−2010
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
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47 57 60 67 71 75 75 76 83 114 138
China: 47 (2000), 138 (2010), 193.6%;
JCR: 5683 (2000), 7943 (2010), 39.8%.

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China UK
Japan France
Germany
Numberofpapers
Output of scientific papers: Growing fast
The number of China’s SCI papers is second to that of USA,
ahead of the third (UK) about 40000.

9. Share of SCI papers in USA, China, EU
The number of China’s SCI papers may surpass those of USA and EU by 2018.
Shelton R D, et al. The race for world leadership of science and technology.
Science Watch, 2010, 5: 1-15
EU (27 countries)
USA
China

10. Citation evolution of main countries’ SCI papers
Marshall E, et al. UK scientific papers rank first in citations. Science, 2011, 334: 443

11. Digital Database
 The digital products of China’s scientific journals are
controlled by technology providers: integrate full-text
data, get the main revenue
 CNKI (China Knowledge Resource Integrated Database):
http://www.cnki.net, established in 1999
 WanFang Data: http://www.wanfangdata.com.cn,
established in 2000
 VIP: http://www.cqvip.com, established in 2001

12. Information Resources of
CNKI and WanFang Data
Indexed Items CNKI Wanfang
Journal articles 39.3 M 18.3 M
Doctor and MS degree thesis 1.9 M 2.0 M
Conference Proceedings 1.6 M 1.9 M
Others (Newspapers, Patents,
Books)
59.1 M 49.9 M
Total 101.9 M 72.1 M
CNKI: 8786 Js; Wanfang: ～ 6000 Js

13.  Case: Search system of CNKI

14.  Related papers (based on keywords and references):
 References of this article;
 Papers which cited this article;
 Papers with the same reference as the article;
 ……

15. AMLC (CNKI):
Academic Misconduct Literature Check
 Developed in 2008;
 Integrated several languages: Chinese, English, Japanese,
Russian, etc.;
 Based on CNKI and 16 overseas databases (Springer,Taylor &
Francis, Wiley, OUP, etc.)
 Users: ～ 4500 journals/publishers, ～ 1500 research
institutions and societies;
 Detected Literatures: >6 M.
WanFang Data: Paper Similarity Detection Service

16. Search engine used by Libraries
 NSTL ( National Science and Technology Library): 17000 Js;
 CALIS (China Academic Library & Information System) : 8000 Js;

CASHL (China Academic Social Sciences and Humanities Library): 11800Js

17. The use of digital identifier in China
 Every digital database developed its own object
identifier. No unified standard rules. (CNKI,
WanFang, VIP, Apabi, etc.);
 It is important to have a unique identifier for cross-
database searching;
 Agency and members of DOI (CrossRef) in China:
 Wanfang Data Co., Ltd (agency)
 Scicence China Press; Journal Publishing Center of Science
Press; Journal of Zhejiang University… (members)

18. DOI Agency in China:
Wanfang Data Co.,
Ltd.
 Began in 2007
 Registered items: 1.63 M, (1349 journals enrolled,
11 of them are English edition)

19. Questions: DOI (CrossRef) in China
 For Chinese-edition journals, their registered items
are English information. However, the search is
based on Chinese (CNKI, WanFang, VIP), so it is
difficult to establish a cross-refer via DOI.
 Is it useful for Chinese journals to registered DOI (CrossRef)?
 Is it possible for CeossRef to establish links with Chinese
articles?
 Many China’s journals cooperate with overseas publishers,
and register DOI as one of the publishers’ journals. If the
cooperator changed, how multiple DOIs process?

20. Questions: Cross Check
 Plagiarism
− Translation between Chinese and English.
 Redundant (or duplicate) publication
− The same paper published in English & Chinese;
− Journal papers revised from PhD (or MS) thesis;
− Journal papers revised from online articles.
AMLC: Academic Misconduct Literature Check
(CNKI)
PSDS: Paper Similarity Detection Service (WanFang)

21. Thank you !