Chinese-language articles are not biased in citations: Evidences from Chinese-English bilingual journals in Scopus and Web of Science

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 912-916

  Li, Jiang ^a   Qiao, Lili ^a   Li, Wenyuze ^a   Jin, Yidan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese English bilingual journal; Chinese language article; Knowledge diffusion; Language bias; Scopus; Web of Science

Indexed keywords

CHINESE-ENGLISH BILINGUAL JOURNAL; CHINESE-LANGUAGE ARTICLE; KNOWLEDGE DIFFUSION; LANGUAGE BIAS; SCOPUS; WEB OF SCIENCE;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84908673798     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: 18755879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2014.09.003     Document Type: Article

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