Introduction

Part 1 Scholarly communication in science

Chapter 1 The emergence of China as a leading nation in science

Chapter 2 Regional performance in science

Chapter 3 International collaboration in science

Chapter 4 Visualization of the citation environments of Chinese scientific journals

Chapter 5 Citation performance of Chinese journals in domestic and international environments

Chapter 6 Citation environments of Chinese journals in mathematics

Chapter 7 Citation environments of Chinese journals in computer science

Part 2 Scholarly communication in social sciences

Chapter 8 Is China also becoming a giant in social sciences?

Chapter 9 A comparative study on communication structures of Chinese journals in the social sciences

Part 3 Discussion and conclusions

Chapter 10 Discussion on the application of bibliometrics in research evaluation

Chapter 11 The Chinese situation by the first decade of 21 st century

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