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Chinese epidemiology journals offer valuable international data, encouraging epidemiologists to utilize Chinese bibliographic databases.
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Accessing Chinese databases may reveal overlooked public health insights; leaves open rigorous quality appraisal before routine integration.
Chinese 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 therefore provides an overview of the contemporary scene in Chinese biomedical journal publication, Chinese bibliographic databases 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 of Chinese journals are discussed. Epidemiologists are encouraged to search the Chinese bibliographic databases for Chinese journal articles.
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Isaac Chun‐Hai Fung (2008) reported a review. Chinese journals in epidemiology and public health contain valuable information of international interest, and epidemiologists are encouraged to utilize Chinese bibliographic databases.
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