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Telling Our Own Story: A Bibliometrics Analysis of Mainland China’s Influence on Chinese Politics Research, 2001–2020

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 October 2022

Hui-Zhen Fu Open the ORCID record for Hui-Zhen Fu [Opens in a new window]  and
Li Shao Open the ORCID record for Li Shao [Opens in a new window]
Hui-Zhen Fu
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Zhejiang University, China
Li Shao
Affiliation:
Zhejiang University, China
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Abstract

This study conducted a bibliometric analysis of Chinese politics research from 2001 to 2020 (N = 11,285) using Social Sciences Citation Index data. The number of publications in the field by scholars from Mainland China surged in the past 20 years; however, their influence on academia remained limited. Chinese institutions serve as the major hubs of collaborative networks. Using structural topic models, we identified 25 research topics that can be categorized in three clusters. In the past 20 years, scholars from Mainland China steered the focus of Chinese politics by causing a reduction in the proportion of international relation topics and an increase in the proportion of political economy topics. Domestic politics topics had the most citations. Scholars from Mainland China have made contributions to better research methods in the field. This article is a comprehensive view of Chinese politics research using a tool that is rarely used by political scientists. It depicts how studies of Chinese politics influence academia from a bibliometrics perspective.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 56 , Issue 1 , January 2023 , pp. 18 - 28
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Political Science Association

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