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
