Indices analiysis of forestry journals in SCI-E web and the distribution of papers from China

Using the data in the 2002 edition of the ISI Journal Citation Reports , forestry journals indexed by SCI were summarized .The main indices of journals in forestry subject were compared with the mean value of indices of journals included in JCR .The results showed that the indices of journals in forestry subject were significantly lower than the average ones of JCR 2002 .For example , the number of papers in each forestry journal and cited frequency was 82.0 %and 61.9 % fewer than those in JCR 2002 respectively .The mean value of influential factors of the former was about 50 %fewer than the latter .A statistic analysis of the Chinese papers in forestry journals included in SCI in recent three years was conducted .The 102 papers written or co-written by Chinese researchers included in SCI forestry journals were published in 21 journals from 10 countries .101 papers were cited less than 10 times , accounting for 99 %.Paper writers from universities and colleges , China Academy of Sciences , academy of forestry and other institutions account for 54.9 %, 28.4 %, 12.7 % and 3.9 % respectively .Suggestions on the scientific evaluation of forestry in China on the basis of SCI are put forward .[ Ch , 1 fig .7 tab .5 ref .]