China discontinues prominent journal ranking list
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On 27 March, the National Science Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced that it would no longer update or publish its journal ranking list — a system that had shaped research evaluation in China for 22 years.
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Nature 652, 828 (2026)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-01216-1
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