Internationalization of China's English‐language academic journals: An overview and three approaches

Abstract

This paper presents data regarding the publication of Chinese English‐language journals (CELAJs), building on previously published information to investigate the status, growth, and international penetration of these journals. The article also presents three case studies of CELJs to demonstrate different strategies for achieving internationalization. We find that there has been rapid growth in CELJs between 2006 and 2011 but mostly in the science, technology and medicine disciplines. There are now 435 CELJs, of which 62.3% are published in association with a western publisher. Partnership has been shown to provide immediate benefits to an established successful journal (Cell Research), has helped to relaunch an established title in English (Bamboo and Silk), and has enabled the successful launch of a new journal (Global Health Research and Policy). The authors conclude that there are three criteria for successful international CELJs: increased visibility, good editorial boards, and international publishing partnerships.

Measuring the scientific publications of double first‐class universities from mainland China

“…Chinese scholars publish papers in both international and domestic journals (Wang, Chen, Liu, & Hu, ; Xu, Wang, Zhou, & Liu, ; Zhang, Liu, & Wei, ). Many researchers have concluded that it is appropriate to combine both international and domestic databases to measure Chinese research performance (Cui & Zhang, ).…”

The Chinese scientific publication system: Specific features, specific challenges

“…This may discourage scientific innovation. Besides, China has currently committed to developing Chinese English-language scientific journals (Lin & Zhan, 2016;J. Xu, Wang, Zhou, & Liu, 2019).…”

“…This may discourage scientific innovation. Besides, China has currently committed to developing Chinese English‐language scientific journals (Lin & Zhan, 2016; J. Xu, Wang, Zhou, & Liu, 2019). However, some scholars believe these ambitions are hindered by the restriction of CN numbers in the journal licensing system (Lin, 2013a, 2013b; Lu, 2010; S. L. Ren et al ., 2018).…”

Periódicos científicos com indexação descontinuada: a Coleção SciELO Brasil

“…Ainda sobre esse tema, Xu et al (2019) analisaram estratégias de internacionalização de 435 periódicos científicos chineses e identificaram como sendo as mais relevantes: (a) a inclusão de pesquisadores importantes de outros países no conselho editorial; (b) visibilidade online; (c) conversão de periódico nacional em internacional; e (d) o estabelecimento de parcerias com editoras comerciais internacionais. Entre as editoras comerciais operando em parceria com os periódicos chineses, os pesquisadores identificaram que as três maiores eram: Springer (113 títulos), Elsevier (73) e Wiley (14), sendo que as duas primeiras também predominaram entre os periódicos brasileiros que se associaram a editoras comerciais.…”