"The percentage of China's journals in English is far lower than that of Poland, Hungary, the Republic of Korea and Japan, and many other countries," Wu said.
Nevertheless, Wu blames too much government intervention for hampering the development of science journals.
"In recent years, very few sci-tech journals were approved, sometimes fewer than 10 a year, due to strict scrutiny by the General Administration of Press and Publication.
"If it (the administration) just stops restraining the total number of journals, ... good sci-tech journals will survive in a competitive market and bad journals will be eliminated."
Wu also said most of China's sci-tech journals are run by inexperienced managers.
"Some world-famous publishers have 30 percent profit margins, but most of China's academic journals hardly make money," Wu said.
4月19日,财政部发布公告,2006-2011年,全国财政科技累计支出18625.7亿元,年均增幅23.76%,明显高于财政经常性收入增幅。财政科技支出带动全社会研发投入快速增加,2017年预计超过1万亿元,约占GDP的1.97%。
然而,中国科技投入的大幅提升却带来了一个意想不到的“副作用”:一些国际期刊纷纷对来自中国的投稿收取高额版面费。
国际学术期刊《公共科学图书馆·综合》(PLoS One)就是其中之一。PLoS One按照三类标准收费。第一类是针对贫困国家和地区如阿富汗、巴勒斯坦等这样的国家和地区,实行免费政策。第二类是针对印度、牙买加、古巴、埃及等中下等收入的国家和地区,收取500美元的版面费。第三类是针对中上等和高收入的国家地区,按每篇1350美元的标准收费,而中国就被纳入到第三类。今年1月,中国学者李竞在博客上撰文抨击该收费标准,并号召国内科技界抵制PLoS One。超过60名专家学者签名同意抵制。
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