The scientific community is steadily moving toward open science. Even publishers are joining this “open” trend. China, being the country with the second largest research output globally, forms an important part of this trend. How do Chinese researchers perceive open data? Are they open to share their research data? Look at what they say.
Oct 23, 2015
With the rise in instances of misconduct in the academic publishing industry, everyone is aware that authors, journals, and editors have a joint responsibility to ensure ethical publication. This article summarizes the findings of an article published in the July issue of Learned Publishing: Yang, WU; Zou, Qiang, The ethical issues in instructions for authors of Chinese biomedical journals, Learned Publishing, Volume 28, Number 3.
Sep 11, 2015
China’s contribution to global research has increased steadily and significantly. One of the main reasons for this increased visibility is China’s Science Citation Index (SCI) focused scientific evaluation system which leads Chinese researchers to submit their manuscripts to SCI-indexed journals only. Over the years, this system increased China’s scientific output, but the blind pursuit of an increased number of publications also affected the quality of research and China’s scientific output came to be questioned globally.
Jan 9, 2015
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