Sampling: 3,000 out of ~65,000 articles (5%)

Sample NOT representative (will discuss in meeting)

Descriptive Analysis


1. Publication


Most Frequent

中国金融 and 人民论坛 are the most frequently-appearing journals. For this table, journals appearing less than 4 times are excluded

  • Strong likelihood of bias based on method of parsing metadata


Frequency Distribution

Almost all journals account for 20 articles or less. 600 journals account for only one article in the sample (could be parsing error)

  • Comparisons across journals may be difficult unless highlighting a few major journals–better to compare types of journals



2. Time Period


Article Year

Frequency peaks around 2008 and begins to drop off after 2014



Frequency at Month Level

Almost 1/4 of month-years (ex. 1995-05) only account for 1 article and most month-years account for less than 15 articles


3. Author


Frequently Publishing Authors



4. Character Counts


Over Time

  • Articles before 1995 omitted due to small sample size. Unclear why article length increases over time