A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF CITATIONS, AUTHORS AND FUNDED-PAPERS IN ENGINEERING MECHANICS

This paper is intended to make a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of the leading periodical Engineering Mechanics (in Chinese) over the last 10 years (1994-June, 2004). The analysis is focused on a variety of aspects of citations, such as quantity, preferred languages and catalogues. In addition, the author background (their occupations, origins and types of collaboration) is also of concern. Due attention is paid to the funded papers, including their numbers, the size of those funded, and the organizations that supply the funds. The efforts of the paper aim to objectively evaluate the overall academic level of the periodical as well as its impact on the Chinese academic sphere.