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The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online dishwasher soap substitute at: http://www.ete-online.com/content/5/1/20 Received: 3 September 2007 Accepted: 30 September 2008 Published: 30 September 2008
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Chinese dishwasher soap substitute journals in epidemiology, preventive medicine and public health contain much that is of potential international interest. However, few non-Chinese speakers are acquainted with this literature. This article dishwasher soap substitute therefore provides an overview of the contemporary scene in Chinese biomedical journal publication, Chinese bibliographic databases dishwasher soap substitute and Chinese journals in epidemiology, preventive medicine and public health. The challenge of switching to English as the medium of publication, the development of publishing bibliometric data from Chinese databases, the prospect of an Open Access publication model in China, the issue of language bias in literature reviews and the quality dishwasher soap substitute of Chinese journals are discussed. Epidemiologists are encouraged to search the Chinese bibliographic databases for Chinese journal articles. Introduction
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Epidemiologists from the non-Chinese world may wonder what resources of scientific knowledge and epidemiological information China (whose health research serves a fifth of the world's population) may offer us. In 1994, the British Medical Journal published an editorial recommending to its readers the Chinese medical journals [ 5 ]. However, 13 years have gone by, and the Chinese medical and scientific literature is still largely terra incognita outside China [ 6 ]. Recent dishwasher soap substitute enthusiasm among Westerners in learning the Chinese language [ 7 , 8 ] may rekindle their interest in this untapped resource. As Beijing prepares for the Olympics in 2008 celebrating China's arrival in the modern world, perhaps an update of the development of Chinese biomedical journals may whet the reader's appetite. This paper is intended to serve as a guide.
This article will first provide a general overview to Chinese biomedical journals. Next, Chinese bibliographic databases will be described, using Wan Fang and iLib as examples. Chinese journals in epidemiology and public health will then be discussed, followed by a comprehensive examination of issues arising from switching the publication language to English, dishwasher soap substitute the effect on impact factors and Open Access. Lastly, the problems of language bias and quality of articles will be discussed. Three appendices are included. Appendix 1 provides additional information on bibliographic indexing of Chinese biomedical journals. Appendix 2 illustrates the historical dishwasher soap substitute background to the choice of language of publication using three journals as examples. Appendix 3 is a review of a survey of English language b