Governance

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China’s answer to JCR is changing—but the system behind it isn’t

· By Eleanor Shaw

China’s domestic journal ranking system—long seen as a counterpart to the Journal Citation Reports—has been withdrawn by its official publisher. But as a new platform emerges from the same team, deeper questions are being asked about credibility, control, and the future of research evaluation.