Anomie in China’s Academic Publishing and Measures Taken

Abstract

This paper, by means of quantitative and qualitative analysis based on a vast investigation, talks about the anomie in China’s academic publishing from the following three aspects: first, disorders in format; second, misspellings & improper expressions of English language; third, misconduct in ethics. It introduces renovation measures taken by the country’s related authorities and practitioners and probes into the deep-seated reasons why so little effect has so far been achieved. It’s the first time that scholars have ever reviewed disorders in China’s academic publishing in such a multi-dimensional scope. Through briefing the raft of reforms currently launched by the Chinese Communist Party and the State Council, the author expresses her expectation on the upturn of the situation.

Keywords:

• Analysis
• anomie in different forms
• China’s academic publishing
• counter measures
• expectation

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.