Guest Post — How the Growth of Chinese Research Is Bringing Western Publishing to Breaking Point
Christos Petrou examines the rapid growth in publication volume coming from China, and how that is impacting the publishing industry.
Guest Post: Mind the Gap – Understanding China’s Perspective on Research Integrity and Open Access
Nicko Goncharoff presents an overview of the STM/CUJS China Symposium and offers key takeaways, including China‘s increasing concern over APCs and Gold OA costs, divergent views on research integrity, and better routes to cooperation.
Guest Post — Evaluating China’s Science and Technology Journal Excellence Action Plan: A New Era of Research Impact and Standards?
Here we examine the second phase of China’s Journal Excellence Action Plan, its implications, its funding framework, and what it means for Chinese scientific journals, researchers, and the broader international academic publishing community.
Guest Post – Making Sense of Retractions and Tackling Research Misconduct
Christos Petrou presents evidence suggesting that growth in retractions has not been universal across regions and subject areas, and it is primarily driven by the industrial-scale activity of papermills (rather than the activity of individual researchers) and the growth of […]
China and Open Access
An interview with Mark Robertson about the CAST/STM report on open access and China.
Global Science, China’s Rise, and European Anxiety
While some talk about global science, China’s skyrocketing investment in its scientific sector is causing real anxiety for Europe.
Guest Post — The Emergence of Chinese STM Publishers: Threat or Opportunity? An Interview with Matthias Wahls
[…] the scholarly publishing industry for 25 years, starting as an associate editor of Chinese Medical Journal, the oldest academic periodical in China. Later she joined The Charlesworth Group, a UK publishing services company, and helped establish their first overseas office in […]
The Walls Around Us — Why Cambridge University Press’ Predicament Demands Attention
The recent attempt by China to censor scholarship points to a growing set of challenges in information dissemination. Blaming the publisher obscures these issues.
China Strives to Catch Up on STM Publishing: An Interview with Dr. Zong-Ming Cheng and Dr. Xiaofeng Wang
China is making great official strides in developing a system of scholarly communications. Tao Tao interviews two experts for their opinions on how international collaborations and internal developments are happening.
Guest Post – An Early Look at the Impact of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Journals Warning List
[…] example, IEEE Access has had its worst quarter since early 2019 and MDPI’s listed journals are getting less content from China. As Europe doubles down on OA with initiatives such as Plan S, the Chinese administration, intentionally or not, seems […]
Navigating the Retraction Minefield in China and Beyond: A Need for Systemic Changes and Increased Focus on Researcher Well-Being
The nationwide audit of retracted articles in China underscores the interconnectedness of stakeholders within the research ecosystem and emphasizes the importance of aligning incentives and priorities to foster a culture of integrity and accountability. Can similar efforts be applied globally […]
Guest Post — How China’s New Policy May Change Researchers’ Publishing Behavior
Dr. Jie Xu from the Wuhan University of China offers a view of how Chinese researchers are reacting and are likely to alter their behavior in response to new policies governing research evaluation.
Guest Post – Quantifying the Impact of the New Chinese Policy
[…] by the Chinese administration is unlikely to have been welcome news for international publishers. Anything that affects publishing habits in China has the potential to affect domestic and international publishers. According to Clarivate’s Web of Science (WoS), authors affiliated with […]
Living and Working Abroad: An Interview with Amanda Laverick and Adrian Stanley
[…] currently working as a freelance Project Manager and President of the New Mothers’ Support Group, Singapore. Formerly COO of Charlesworth China, Amanda lived in Beijing, China from 2005-2012; Jakarta, Indonesia from 2012-2015 and has been in Singapore since 2015. Adrian […]
Guest Post: An Interview with Prof. Dr. Liying Yang of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
[…] National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences, who manages the Early Warning List, will host a research integrity conference in China, bringing together experts from around the world. In advance of the event, Mary Miskin caught up with Prof. Dr. […]