By LI Linxu

The number of China's sci-tech journals has reached 5,071, with the growing influence of both Chinese and English sci-tech journals, according to a report from the China Association for Science and Technology.

Among them, there are 4,482 Chinese language sci-tech journals, 420 English language sci-tech journals, and 169 sci-tech journals using a combination of Chinese and English.

Under the theme of academic publications and exchange platforms in the digital age, the report, titled Blue Book on China's Scientific Journal Development (2022), covers a wide range of topics related to the country's sci-tech journals, such as the overall characteristics, publication and operation, published papers, and academic influence.

Visitors view sci-tech journals in a book fair. (PHOTO: VCG)

There are 1,570 journals in the field of basic science, 2,271 in technical science, and 1,152 in medical and health, according to the report.

The publication cycles of sci-tech journals are mainly bimonthly or monthly, accounting for about three-quarters of the total.

Of particular note is that the academic influence of the country's Chinese language sci-tech journals continues to grow, with the international citation ratio climbing to 7.6 percent in 2020 from 4.44 percent in 2016.

Meanwhile, the country's English language sci-tech journals have played an increasingly important role in international academic exchanges. In recent years, a growing number of such journals have been included in internationally prestigious databases.