Title
China Scientific and Technical Papers and Citations (CSTPC): History, impact and outlook
Abstract
This paper traces the history of China Scientific and Technical Papers and Citations database (CSTPC) since its founding in 1988. The fact that most Chinese scientists publish their research results in Chinese journals requires that China establish SCI counterparts dedicated to domestic S & T journals. The article describes the selection criteria for source journals, the approach used to adjust the structure of source journals, the criteria for selecting items to be included in the database, and the indexing method. Then it discusses the impact upon government R & D administration agencies and the science community in general by both CSTPC team and CSTPC database. Finally, the article analyzes the main factors that lead to the primary success of CSTPD. The authors encourages information workers in other non-English developing countries to build up similar databases.
Year
DOI
Venue
2004
10.1023/B:SCIE.0000034381.64865.2b
Scientometrics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Growth Trend,Journal Citation Report,Chinese Scientist,Total Citation,Citation Database
Publication,Data mining,Sociology,Citation,China,Developing country,Scientific communication,History of China,Government
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
60
3
1588-2861
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
25
1.91
2
Authors
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yishan Wu110510.78
YunTao Pan2867.04
Yuhua Zhang3251.91
Zheng Ma4513.93
Jingan Pang5251.91
Hong Guo6251.91
Bo Xu7251.91
Zhiqing Yang8252.58