Closure of China’s influential journal ranking leaves academics reeling — what will take its place?

The Chinese Academy of Sciences is no longer publishing its journal ranking. Credit: Cheng Xin/Getty The National Science Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Beijing has stopped publishing its influential journal ranking, taking many researchers by surprise. The ranking has had a central role in research evaluation in the country for more than 20 years and its cessation leaves universities and academics uncertain about what happens next. …