Blue Book on China’s Scientific Journal Development (2022) , livre ebook

Blue Book on China’s Scientific Journal Development (2022) has the theme of “Platform for Academic Publishing and Exchange in the Era of Digital Economy”. Relying on renowned domestic and foreign databases and official data, we use scientific measurement methods, analyze existing problems, summarize the law of development, sort out and analyze the overall situation of Chinese science and technology journals and scientific papers, present the whole status of Chinese science and technology journals in the form of data. Besides, we study the changes in global digital publishing technology, discuss the domestic and foreign digital resources and academic exchange platform progress and trends, explore Chinese academic publishing fusion and high-end academic exchange platform development path and put forward suggestions about Chinese academic publishing and exchange platform development in the digital economy era.

Contents

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IX

CHAPTER 1

General Information of China’s STM Journals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.1 Analysis of Current Situation of China’s STM Journals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

1.1.1 Basic Facts of Journals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

1.1.2 Journal-Running Conditions and Human Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1.1.3 Publication Management and Content Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

1.1.4 Funding of China’s STM Journals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

1.1.5 Business Condition of China’s STM Journals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

1.1.6 Development Progress of New Media for Journals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

CHAPTER 2

Impact Analysis of China’s STM Journals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

2.1 Impact Analysis of Chinese Language STM Journals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

2.1.1 Status of Publication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

2.1.2 Impact Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

2.2 Impact Analysis of China’s English Language STM Journals . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

2.2.1 Launching of English STM Journals in China in 2021 . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

2.2.2 Papers Published in China’s English Language STM Journals . . . . . . 62

2.2.3 Impact Analysis of China’s English Language STM Journals . . . . . . . 71

2.3 Analysis of China’s STM Journal Influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

2.3.1 Disciplinary Distribution of Papers Published in China’s

SCI-Indexed Journals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

2.3.2 International Influence Comparison of Papers Published in China’s

SCI Journals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

CHAPTER 3

Open Publishing Status of Chinese Science and Technology Journals . . . . . . . . . . . 127

3.1 Analysis of the Open Publishing Mode of Chinese Science and Technology Journals . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 128

3.1.1 Open Publishing Mode of Science and Technology Journals in China . 128

3.1.2 Rules for Open Publication of Science and Technology Journals in China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 130

3.1.3 Characteristics of Open Publishing of Chinese Science and Technology Journals . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 131

3.2 Analysis of the Open Publishing Status of International Publishers’ Cooperative Journals . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 133

3.2.1 The Open Publishing Mode of Cooperation Between Science

and Technology Journals and International Publishers in China . . . . . 133

3.2.2 Open Publishing Rules and Article Processing Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

3.2.3 Typical Cases of Open Publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

3.3 New Challenges in the Open Publication of Chinese Science and Technology Journals . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

3.3.1 International Open Publishing Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

3.3.2 Challenges and Opportunities Faced by the Open Publishing of Science and Technology Journals in China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

CHAPTER 4

Expert Views: China’s Scholarly Publishing and Communication Platform in the Digital Economy Era . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

4.1 Operation Concept and Development Direction of Academic Publishing in the Digital Economy Era . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

4.1.1 Wei Yang: Reflections on China’s Open Science Roadmap and Policy System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

4.1.2 Shulin Wu: Enhancing the Publishing Standards of Academic Journals to Serve the Chinese Sci-Tech Innovation Strategy . . . . . . . . 154

4.1.3 Jianlin Cao: Transformation of STM Journals into STM Mediain the Digital Economy Era . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

4.1.4 Ke Gong: Open Science, Technological Innovation, Deepening

Reforms, and the Transformation of Scientific Publishing . . . . . . . . . . 159

4.1.5 Yuguo Zhang: Promoting the Combination of “Effective Markets” and “Proactive Government” in STM Publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

4.2 Development Measures and Achievements of the Academic Publishing Industry Following Advancements in the Digital Economy Era . . . . . . . . . . . 165

4.2.1 Yongfei Zheng: Integration and Innovation-Catalyzing High-Quality Development of STM Journals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

4.2.2 Bin Peng: Enhancing Publishing Service Capabilities to Facilitate the Construction of First-Class Journals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

4.2.3 Yanchun Wang: Springer Nature: Applying Knowledge for a Sustainable Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

4.2.4 Yanwen Li: To Excel in the Content and Dissemination of STM Journals in the Era of Digital Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

4.2.5 Ning Ding: Building High-End Exchange Platforms to Facilitate the Construction of First-Class Journals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

4.3 Suggestions for the Development of China’s Scholarly Communication Platforms in the Era of Digital Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

4.3.1 Yuanchun Zhou: Scientific Data Publishing in the Era of Digital Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 179

4.3.2 Zhixiong Zhang: New Measures for Global STM Journals and Correspondent Suggestions of China’s STM Journals in the Era of Open Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

4.3.3 Mingshen Zhang: The Connotation of the Digital Economy and Its Relationship with Academic Publishing and Communication Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

4.3.4 Shuai Yan: Three Key Issues in the Development of Digital Economy of Academic Journals in China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

4.3.5 Xing Shao: The Implementation Path of Integrated Development of STM Journal Industry in the Digital Economy Era . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193