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    Should SCI Theses Criterion Be Revoked?

    Mar 12, 2020 4 minutes
    Copyedited by Rebeca Toledo

    Recently, a notice released on the website of China’s Ministry of Education (MOE) stirred a controversy in the country’s universities. The notice listed 10 suggestions targeting Science Citation Index (SCI) academic papers. It stated that the publication of theses in SCI journals should not be directly linked to the professional evaluation or recruitment of teaching staff; universities should refrain from using SCI theses and relevant impact factors as a restrictive condition for students’ graduation and academic degrees; and SCI theses should not be referenced while giving rewards or prizes to individuals or departments.

    SCI is a list of scientific texts from around the world, created by the Institute for Scientific Information in the U.S. in the early 1960s. It

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