Chinese Science Citation Database Opens to Worldwide Users
National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) launched its Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD) at the Science Communication and Self-innovation Forum held in Beijing.
CSCD based itself on the ISI Web of knowledge. With this new platform, users all over the world can access more than 1000 journals published in China and learn about the progress and developments of China's science.
China's production of science papers has been increasing over recent years and its science research and development capacity has earned worldwide recognition. On the other hand, there are few Chinese science journals that are well-known by the international science community and most of the best science papers produced by Chinese researchers are published abroad.
It is in this context that the National Science Library started cooperation with Thomson Reuters to build CSCD in 2007. National Science Library collected and uploaded all historical data of Chinese journals. It also undertook to carry out test on the database system and on the data itself.
The new database is expected to increase the visibility of Chinese science journals and hence their citations.
