SCI-E收录中国期刊现状分析

Bibliometric analysis of SCI-E indexed journals published in China

中国作者对发表SCI论文有巨大的需求,但目前SCIE收录的中国期刊数量较少,且总体水平未达到世界平均水平。将SCI-E收录的中国期刊根据语种和论文作者的国籍进行分类后发现:甲类期刊(以中文刊载的论文大于50%)和乙类期刊(发表论文的作者至少50%来自中国,且至少50%的论文以英文形式发表)学术水平未达到国际平均水平,2001—2011年期间变化不大;但乙类期刊是SCI-E收录的中国期刊中的绝大多数。丙类期刊(其刊载的论文至少50%是以英文发表的,且至少50%的论文第一作者为非中国作者)引用指数(JCS)逐年上升,上升幅度明显,2011年超过国际平均水平。说明通过改变语种不能提高期刊的国际影响力。在这3类期刊中,丙类年刊均载文量最低,为117.27篇/刊,2007后呈逐年下降趋势,2011年甚至降至91.07篇/刊。中国被SCI-E收录的期刊数量少,与国内发表SCI论文的巨大需求,以及中国期刊走上国际舞台,发挥更大的学术影响力的需求差距甚远,的确有必要创办更多的英文科技期刊;但是在此过程中,有必要慎重评价SCI-E收录期刊的学术影响力和作用。

According to the publishing language and the authors＇ nationality, all of the Chinese journals indexed by SCI-E are classified into three groups： a national level journal is defined as a journal in which more than 50% of the articles are published in Chinese, and submitted by authors from China （Group A ）, a foreign language journals is defined as a journal in which more than 50% of the articles arc published in English, with more than 50% of articles submitted by authors from China （Group B ）, and an international level journal is defined as a journal in which more than 50% articles are submitted by non-Chinese authors. The academic level of journals in Groups A and B are lower than world average, and this situation has little change during 2001-2011, while Group C has achieved a significant increase during this period, and has exceeded the world average level in 2011. Journals cannot achieve a higher academic level only by changing the publishing language into English. Or1 the other hand, the average number of articles published in Group C journals is 117.27 per year, less than that of Groups A and B, and keeps decreasing from 2007. Compared to the huge demands of publishing articles in SCI-E indexed journals, the number of periodicals indexed by SCI-E published in China is far from enough. Given this situation, more English journals should be funded. But the academic level and role of these journals should be evaluated as well.