China's global growth in social science research: Uncovering evidence from bibliometric analyses of SSCI publications (1978–2013)

W Liu, G Hu, L Tang, Y Wang - Journal of informetrics, 2015 - Elsevier
The phenomenon of China's rise as an emerging scientific power has been well
documented, yet the development of its social science is less explored. Utilizing up-to-date
Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) publication data (1978–2013), this paper probes the
patterns and dynamics of China's social science research via bibliometric analyses. Our
research indicates that despite the national orientation of social science research and the
linguistic obstacle of publishing for an international audience, China's publications in the …
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