Chinese-language articles are not biased in citations: Evidences from Chinese-English bilingual journals in Scopus and Web of Science |
| |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Information Resource Management, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China;2. School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China;3. School of Information Management, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China;1. School of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, 250 Wu-Hsing Street, Taipei 11014, Taiwan;2. Trend Research Centre, Asia University, 500, Lioufeng Road, Wufeng, Taichung County 41354, Taiwan |
| |
| Abstract: | This paper examined the citation impact of Chinese- and English-language articles in Chinese-English bilingual journals indexed by Scopus and Web of Science (WoS). Two findings were obtained from comparative analysis: (1) Chinese-language articles were not biased in citations compared with English-language articles, since they received a large number of citations from Chinese scientists; (2) a Chinese-language community was found in Scopus, in which Chinese-language articles mainly received citations from Chinese-language articles, but it was not found in WoS whose coverage of Chinese-language articles is only one-tenth of Scopus. The findings suggest some implications for academic evaluation of journals including Chinese-language articles in Scopus and WoS. |
| |
| Keywords: | Language bias Chinese-language article Chinese-English bilingual journal Knowledge diffusion Scopus Web of Science |
| 本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录！ |
|
