| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 523392 | Journal of Informetrics | 2014 | 5 Pages |
•Chinese-language articles were not biased in citations compared with English-language articles.•The existence and strength of citation bias largely depends upon the database and upon the language being analyzed.•The findings suggest some implications for academic evaluation of Chinese-language or Chinese-English bilingual journals.
This paper examined the citation impact of Chinese- and English-language articles in Chinese-English bilingual journals indexed by Scopus and Web of Science (WoS). Two findings were obtained from comparative analysis: (1) Chinese-language articles were not biased in citations compared with English-language articles, since they received a large number of citations from Chinese scientists; (2) a Chinese-language community was found in Scopus, in which Chinese-language articles mainly received citations from Chinese-language articles, but it was not found in WoS whose coverage of Chinese-language articles is only one-tenth of Scopus. The findings suggest some implications for academic evaluation of journals including Chinese-language articles in Scopus and WoS.
