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Status
Inactive/Discontinued
Coverage
1996–2014 (also 1989)
Source type
Journal
Open access
No
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Chinese Science Bulletin
Chinese Science Bulletin is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Science Press.
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ISSN 1001-6538Verify ISSN ↗1861-9541Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Science Press
Scopus · Inactive
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Open accessNot registered as fully open access
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Chinese Science Bulletin indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1996–2014 (also 1989)).
What is the impact factor of Chinese Science Bulletin?
Chinese Science Bulletin has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Chinese Science Bulletin and what is its ISSN?
Chinese Science Bulletin is published by Science Press. Its print ISSN is 1001-6538 and its online ISSN is 1861-9541.
Is Chinese Science Bulletin in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Chinese Science Bulletin open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Chinese Science Bulletin for 20 years, between 1989 and 2014, with 6 years in that span missing. Coverage ended in 2014, 12 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 12,399 works and 174,950 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2014, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2014, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Chinese Science Bulletin? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Chinese Science Bulletin has an h-index of 133 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
133
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
4,156
i10-index
12,399
works indexed
174,950
total citations
Chinese Science Bulletin published 1 papers in 2020; its busiest recent year was 2012 with 809. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Chinese Science Bulletin? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2014. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.2 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2014
- Retracted papers 2 · 0.2 per 1,000 papers
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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