China's medical periodicals: from localization to internationalization

Shen, Min De; Jiang, Wan-jie; Zheng, Shusen

doi:10.1087/20100404

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“…This corroborates the findings of previous research on multilingual researchers (e.g. Caramelli & Rocha e Silva, 2010;Petersen & Shaw, 2002;Shen, Jiang, & Zheng, 2010), also called "double agents" (Yanos & Ziedonis, 2006: 249), which disclosed that these scholars prefer to submit their most original, scientifically robust and ground-breaking papers (whether in pure research or in practitioneroriented journals) to English-written journals with a high impact factor.…”

Section: The Multilingual Peripheral Scholar's Publishing In L1 and Isupporting

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Writing and publishing in peripheral scholarly journals: How to enhance the global influence of multilingual scholars?

Salager‐Meyer

2014

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

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Section: The Multilingual Peripheral Scholar's Publishing In L1 and Isupporting

confidence: 90%

“…Non-English written papers should present some accurate referential information in English in the form of titles, extended abstracts and keywords (Morley & Kerans, 2013;Salager-Meyer, 2009). This is what Iranian and Chinese journals are increasingly doing (Habibzadeh, 2006a;Shen et al, 2010).…”

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Writing and publishing in peripheral scholarly journals: How to enhance the global influence of multilingual scholars?

Salager‐Meyer

2014

Journal of English for Academic Purposes

116

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“…Currently, China has about 1000 medical journals (one-fourth of the total number of scientific journals in China) [10]. These domestic journals remain an important venue of publication for the Chinese doctors in general.…”

Section: The Pressure Of Sci Publication In Chinese Hospitalsmentioning

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Chinese Doctors Connecting to the English Publishing World: Literature Access, Editorial Services, and Training in Publication Skills

Li¹

2013

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In the literature on academic publishing, little attention has been paid to the needs and concerns of non-English-speaking researchers in professional contexts. This paper addresses the gap in that literature by providing insights into the situation with medical doctors in China. Following an overview of the broad picture, I will report a case study, which was conducted at a major hospital in East China and which aimed at exploring how a group of orthopedic surgeons access the English medical literature and to what extent they seek the support of editorial services and training in academic writing/publication skills. The results of the study show that the participant doctors tend to rely on their students or overseas personal connections for access to full-text medical literature, and they have generally had limited experience with language editorial services and academic writing/publication skills seminars. The paper ends by discussing some challenges while proposing recommendations for enhancing Chinese doctors' access to the full-text medical literature, as well as their understanding of the kind of support that can be provided by editorial services and training in publication skills.

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“…This is possibly due to the fact that periodicals were routinely deposited in databases after 1979. Prior to this time, China's social and economic development did not afford accurate reporting of congenital malaria cases [30] .…”

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Congenital Malaria in China

Tao

Fang

et al. 2014

PLoS Negl Trop Dis

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BackgroundCongenital malaria, in which infants are directly infected with malaria parasites from their mother prior to or during birth, is a potentially life-threatening condition that occurs at relatively low rates in malaria-endemic regions. It is recognized as a serious problem in Plasmodium falciparum–endemic sub-Saharan Africa, where recent data suggests that it is more common than previously believed. In such regions where malaria transmission is high, neonates may be protected from disease caused by congenital malaria through the transfer of maternal antibodies against the parasite. However, in low P. vivax–endemic regions, immunity to vivax malaria is low; thus, there is the likelihood that congenital vivax malaria poses a more significant threat to newborn health. Malaria had previously been a major parasitic disease in China, and congenital malaria case reports in Chinese offer valuable information for understanding the risks posed by congenital malaria to neonatal health. As most of the literature documenting congenital malaria cases in China are written in Chinese and therefore are not easily accessible to the global malaria research community, we have undertaken an extensive review of the Chinese literature on this subject.Methods/Principal FindingsHere, we reviewed congenital malaria cases from three major searchable Chinese journal databases, concentrating on data from 1915 through 2011. Following extensive screening, a total of 104 cases of congenital malaria were identified. These cases were distributed mainly in the eastern, central, and southern regions of China, as well as in the low-lying region of southwest China. The dominant species was P. vivax (92.50%), reflecting the malaria parasite species distribution in China. The leading clinical presentation was fever, and other clinical presentations were anaemia, jaundice, paleness, diarrhoea, vomiting, and general weakness. With the exception of two cases, all patients were cured with antimalarial drugs such as chloroquine, quinine, artemether, and artesunate.ConclusionsThe symptoms of congenital malaria vary significantly between cases, so clear and early diagnosis is difficult. We suggest that active surveillance might be necessary for neonates born to mothers with a history of malaria.

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China's medical periodicals: from localization to internationalization

Cited by 5 publications

References 2 publications

Writing and publishing in peripheral scholarly journals: How to enhance the global influence of multilingual scholars?

Writing and publishing in peripheral scholarly journals: How to enhance the global influence of multilingual scholars?

Chinese Doctors Connecting to the English Publishing World: Literature Access, Editorial Services, and Training in Publication Skills

Congenital Malaria in China

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