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China's Papers Gain Global Credibility
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China's academic science papers have moved into second place for global citations, behind the United States, according to the 2017 edition of Statistical Data of Chinese Science and Technology Papers.
The report, released annually, shows that China's science papers have been cited more than 19.35 million times over the past decade, ahead of those from the United Kingdom and Germany.
It also shows the number of highly cited Chinese papers rose 18.7 percent compared with last year's report, reaching 20,131 papers and accounting for 14.7 percent of the global total.
"China's science academic literature has been steadily improving both in quantity and quality in recent years," says Dai Guoqiang, director of the Ministry of Science and Technology's Institute of Scientific and Technical Information, which releases the report.
From China Daily
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