Does the web of science accurately represent chinese scientific performance?
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| Title: | Does the web of science accurately represent chinese scientific performance? |
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| Authors: | Shu, Fei1 fei.shu28@gmail.com, Julien, Charles‐Antoine2 charles.julien@mcgill.ca, Larivière, Vincent3 vincent.lariviere@umontreal.ca |
| Source: | Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology. Oct2019, Vol. 70 Issue 10, p1138-1152. 15p. 4 Charts, 8 Graphs. |
| Subjects: | Authors, Authorship, Bibliometrics, Comparative studies, Health, Information science, Serial publications, Bibliographic databases, Citation analysis, Evaluation |
| Geographic Terms: | China |
| Abstract: | With the significant development of China's economy and scientific activity, its scientific publication activity is experiencing a period of rapid growth. However, measuring China's research output remains a challenge because Chinese scholars may publish their research in either international or national journals, yet no bibliometric database covers both the Chinese and English scientific literature. The purpose of this study is to compare Web of Science (WoS) with a Chinese bibliometric database in terms of authors and their performance, demonstrate the extent of the overlap between the two groups of Chinese most productive authors in both international and Chinese bibliometric databases, and determine how different disciplines may affect this overlap. The results of this study indicate that Chinese bibliometric databases, or a combination of WoS and Chinese bibliometric databases, should be used to evaluate Chinese research performance except in the few disciplines in which Chinese research performance could be assessed using WoS only. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | With the significant development of China's economy and scientific activity, its scientific publication activity is experiencing a period of rapid growth. However, measuring China's research output remains a challenge because Chinese scholars may publish their research in either international or national journals, yet no bibliometric database covers both the Chinese and English scientific literature. The purpose of this study is to compare Web of Science (WoS) with a Chinese bibliometric database in terms of authors and their performance, demonstrate the extent of the overlap between the two groups of Chinese most productive authors in both international and Chinese bibliometric databases, and determine how different disciplines may affect this overlap. The results of this study indicate that Chinese bibliometric databases, or a combination of WoS and Chinese bibliometric databases, should be used to evaluate Chinese research performance except in the few disciplines in which Chinese research performance could be assessed using WoS only. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 23301635 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/asi.24184 |
