Chinese-language articles are not biased in citations: Evidences from Chinese-English bilingual journals in Scopus and Web of Science

Jiang Li, Lili Qiao, Wenyuze Li and Yidan Jin

Journal of Informetrics, 2014, vol. 8, issue 4, 912-916

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 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2014.09.003

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