CNKI

CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure; Chinese: 中国知网) is a private-owned publishing company in China since 2014.[1][2] CNKI maintains high annual database subscription fees due to its de facto monopoly status on journal search and collection in China. Due to steep annual subscription fee raises, many elite Chinese universities and research institutions, including the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Peking University, have stopped subscribing to CNKI.[1][3][4][5]

CNKI
China National Knowledge Infrastructure
Type of site
Digital publishing; Private
Available inChinese, English
HeadquartersBeijing
OwnerTongfang Knowledge Network Technology Co., Ltd.
URLoversea.cnki.net
cnki.net
CommercialYes
Launched1996 (1996)
Current statusActive

CNKI owns a system called "China Integrated Knowledge Resources System," including journals, doctoral dissertations, masters' theses, proceedings, newspapers, yearbooks, statistical yearbooks, e-books, patents and standards.[6] In January 2013, CNKI became the second designated DOI agent in mainland China, after the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China under the Ministry of Science and Technology.[7]

In May 2022, the State Administration for Market Regulation of China launched an antitrust investigation into CNKI for anti-competitive practices.[8][9] In June 2022, the Cyberspace Administration of China announced a cybersecurity review on CNKI "to prevent national data security risks, safeguard national security, and protect public interests."[10][11]

History

In August 1997, the China Academic Journals Electronic Publishing House (CAJEPH) was established under the governance of National Press and Publication Administration of China. The operation was run by Tsinghua University.[12]

In June 1998, an earlier version of CNKI, Chinese Academic Journal (CD Edition) was officially released. Later, Tongfang Knowledge Network Technology Co., Ltd (TKNT), CAJEPH and Tsinghua Tongfang Optical Disc Co., Ltd. (TTOD) collaborated to deliver the CNKI project.

In May 2022, the State Administration for Market Regulation of China launched an antitrust investigation into CNKI.[8][9]

In June 2022, the Cyberspace Administration of China announced a cybersecurity review on CNKI.[10][11]

In March 2023, CNKI announced that access for universities and research institutions outside of China will be terminated.[13] However, the the following list of university still have access to CKNI through their university library portals[14]:

References
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  5. "北大因中国知网涨价暂停续订，此前多所高校已停用". www.sohu.com. Archived from the original on 2022-09-30. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  6. "CNKI and Utilization - CNKI". oversea.cnki.net. Archived from the original on 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  7. 刘, 润达; 诸, 云强; 刘, 闯; 吴, 立宗 (2014-05-27). "我国科学数据DOI应用现状、问题与对策". Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China. Archived from the original on 2022-09-30. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  8. "How China's largest academic database allegedly abused market power for years". South China Morning Post. 2022-05-16. Archived from the original on 2022-06-08. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  9. "China's biggest academic database faces anti-monopoly probe". Times Higher Education (THE). 2022-05-13. Archived from the original on 2022-06-08. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  10. Huang, Raffaele (24 June 2022). "China Probes Operator of Nation's Biggest Academic Database". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  11. 21世纪经济报道 (2022-06-24). "知网被查！网络安全审查或成我国网络安全生态治理常态化元素". finance.sina.com.cn. Archived from the original on 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  12. sina_mobile (2002-08-21). "中国学术期刊(光盘版)电子杂志社简介". edu.sina.cn. Archived from the original on 2023-04-21. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  13. "China slashing foreign subscriber access to key research database". Nikkei Asia. Archived from the original on 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  14. CKNI (2023). "CKNI institution login page".
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