Current status of the electronic journal publications in China was investigated. Three services, i.e., Tsinghua Tongfang Knowledge Network Technology‘s China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang Data, and VIP Information, are individually make 5,000-9,000 electronic journal titles with 12-18 million articles available online. This volume exceeds total electronic articles available in the western world. Archival journal issues are being digitized, too. Both CNKI and Wanfang Data create citation databases and they are already in service. Electronic articles from Wanfang Data and VIP are already indexed by Google Scholar, and full text links are implemented.
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