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Chinese Science Bulletin

Science Press · China · Est. 1950

ISSN2095-9419

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.272

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.451

Total Worksi

31,838

Total Citationsi

43,392

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.60

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Chinese Science Bulletin is a multidisciplinary academic journal publishing high-caliber peer-reviewed research on a broad range of natural sciences and high-tech fields. It is supervised by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and co-sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

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General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageChinese

1st Year Published1950

Annual Volume~ 612 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications31,838

Publisher OrgScience China Press

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Science Press

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2095-9419

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

Chinese

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

318

3.6k

2019

540

3.6k

2020

416

2.1k

2021

427

1.9k

2022

548

1.1k

2023

586

726

2024

703

422

2025

494

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

MultidisciplinaryQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Multidisciplinary Sciences

Scopus Categories

Multidisciplinary

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Legal and Regulatory AnalysisLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesMilitary Technology and StrategiesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesGeological and Geochemical AnalysisGeological and Geophysical StudiesGeochemistry and Elemental AnalysisGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchEducational Robotics and EngineeringMedical Research and Treatments

Frequently asked questions about Chinese Science Bulletin

Is Chinese Science Bulletin a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Chinese Science Bulletin: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Chinese Science Bulletin?

Chinese Science Bulletin is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.60.

Is Chinese Science Bulletin indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Chinese Science Bulletin is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.