Chinese Science Citation Index

[Loet Leydesdorff]

Mapping the  <http://www.leydesdorff.net/china01/art/china01.pdf>
Chinese Science Citation Database
available at http://www.leydesdorff.net/china01/art/index.htm or
http://www.leydesdorff.net/china01/art/china01.pdf

Methods developed for mapping the journal structures contained in
aggregated journal-journal citations in the Science Citation Index are
applied to the Chinese Science Citation Database of the Chinese Academy
of Sciences. This database covers 991 journals, of which only 37 had
originally English titles. Using factor-analytical and graph-analytical
techniques we show that this data is dually structured. The main
structure is the intellectual organization of the journals in journal
groups (as in the international SCI), but the university-based journals
provide an institutional layer that orients this structure towards
practical ends (e.g., agriculture). The Chinese Science Citation
Database exhibits the characteristics of "Mode 2" in the production of
scientific knowledge more than its western counterparts. The context of
application leads to correlation (interfactorial complexity) among the
components.

The maps are available at http://www.leydesdorff.net/china01

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Loet Leydesdorff
Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR)
Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam
Tel.: +31-20- 525 6598; fax: +31-20- 525 3681
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 <http://www.upublish.com/books/leydesdorff-sci.htm> The Challenge of
Scientometrics ;  <http://www.upublish.com/books/leydesdorff.htm> The
Self-Organization of the Knowledge-Based Society

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