Introduction 1
Part 1 Scholarly communication in science 13
Chapter 1 The emergence of China as a leading nation in science 14
Chapter 2 Regional performance in science 47
Chapter 3 International collaboration in science 69
Chapter 4 Visualization of the citation environments of Chinese scientific journals 89
Chapter 5 Citation performance of Chinese journals in domestic and international environments 104
Chapter 6 Citation environments of Chinese journals in mathematics 132
Chapter 7 Citation environments of Chinese journals in computer science 150
Part 2 Scholarly communication in social sciences 167
Chapter 8 Is China also becoming a giant in social sciences? 168
Chapter 9 A comparative study on communication structures of Chinese journals in the social sciences 200
Part 3 Discussion and conclusions 227
Chapter 10 Discussion on the application of bibliometrics in research evaluation 228
Chapter 11 The Chinese situation by the first decade of 21 st century 237
References 244