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Reference And Reference: A Study Of Chinese Scholars' Reference Patterns In Sino - American Relations

Posted on:2017-02-26Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:T JiangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2206330503976185Subject:International relations
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The development of international studies in China is based on the introduction and review of the Western research results. Since its reform and opening up,China has witnessed the eastward transmission of western sciences once again,some mature western IR theories and academic achievements have been introduced.Then,what’s the citation pattern looks like throughout this period?This paper tries to analyze this question by taking the example of China’s Sino-US relations researches,hoping to comprehend the development of the academy of the western IR studies,to promote the reflection of Chinese research results on Sino-US relations,be aware of the citation pattern of western research results of the field,and to think about how to improve China’s Sino-US relations research in terms of improving the citation quality of western academic achievements.By an empirical statistical investigation of 435 essays written by Chinese scholars published on core journals from the year 1993 to 2010(supplied by CNKI),this paper proves that academic achievements of western area studies and IR theory studies have the biggest influence on China’s Sino-US relations research,in which area studies accounts for 46%,and IR theory studies are higher, for about 54%.This paper argues that the requirement of doing Sino-US ralations research and the policy-type and academic-type of China’s Sino-US relations research are the main resons of this phenomenon. Meanwhile, we find that the influences of area studies and IR theory studies have changed from 1993 to 2010. From the year 1993 to 2001,area studies had more influence,while IR theory studies played more important role from 2002 to2010. This paper explains this variation from the following points:the trend of China’s IR studies, the development of translation of certain works,the stability of Sino-US relations and the increasing academic-type of China’s Sino-US relations research.
Keywords/Search Tags:Chinese Scholars, Sino-US Relations Research, Western Literature, Citation Pattern
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