SSCI, Academic Freedom, and Tenured Professors

Authors

Shaomin Li, Old Dominion UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2009

Publication Title

Modern China Studies

Volume

16

Issue

4

Pages

152-155

Abstract

In some emerging countries such as China, in order to improve their academic standing, the government specifies an officially recognized list of academic journals for academics to publish their works, such as the SSIC (Social Sciences Citation Index). The author points out the shortcomings of using such an officially sanctioned list, and argues that academic freedom and the tenure system that protects it are key to the development of ideas and knowledge. The inability to establish a tenure system in China may hurt its chance to create world-class universities.

Rights

Posted with the permission of the author and publisher.

Comments

Chinese language article.

Original Publication Citation

Shaomin, L. (2009). SSCI, Academic Freedom, and Tenured Professors. Modern China Studies, 16(4), 152-155.

Repository Citation

Li, Shaomin, "SSCI, Academic Freedom, and Tenured Professors" (2009). Management Faculty Publications. 83.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/management_fac_pubs/83