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Is editing the roadblock to the internationalization of Chinese academic journals?

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“China’s internationalization” is in part realized through the dissemination of Chinese publications, such as academic journals. Therefore, editorial proficiency in the English language is of vital importance to the quality of the journals. This article analyzes the results of the two projects sponsored by the General Administration of Press and Publication of the People’s Republic of China in 2007 and 2010 respectively, namely the “Analytical Evaluation of Language and Editing Quality of Chinese Academic Journals in English Language Issued in 2006”, and the “Evaluation of Publication Quality of the China-Grown English Periodicals Issued in 2009, Sanctioned from 2005 to 2009”, and proposes solutions to the problems presented therein.

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Project supported by the General Administration of Press and Publication of the People’s Republic of China in 2007 (a) and 2010 (b): (a) Analytical Evaluation of Language and Editing Quality of Chinese Academic Journals in English Language Issued in 2006; (b) Evaluation of Publication Quality of the China-Grown English Periodicals Issued in 2009, Sanctioned from 2005 to 2009

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Lu, Jp. Is editing the roadblock to the internationalization of Chinese academic journals?. J. Zhejiang Univ. Sci. B 12, 503–506 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.B1110120

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