CNKI

CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure) is a comprehensive digital library platform that provides access to a vast collection of academic and scholarly resources from China. It serves as a primary research tool for students, researchers, professors, and professionals across various disciplines. The platform aggregates millions of documents including journal articles, conference papers, doctoral dissertations, master theses, patents, and newspaper articles. Users can search these resources using multiple search modes such as basic search, advanced search, and publication-specific search. The advanced search feature allows users to filter results by field, keyword, author, institution, date range, and fund project, enabling precise retrieval of relevant literature. The platform also offers a "publication search" function that lets users browse journals, proceedings, and other serials by title, ISSN, or subject category. Once a resource is found, users can view abstracts, full-text previews, and download PDFs (subject to subscription or purchase). Beyond simple retrieval, CNKI provides a personalized user experience through account-based features. Registered users can create a "My CNKI" space where they manage their research activities. This includes "My Favorites" for bookmarking important articles, "My Follows" for tracking specific journals, disciplines, or authors, and "My Subscriptions" for receiving updates on selected topics. The platform also offers a "Recent Recommendations" section that suggests new papers based on the user’s past search and reading behavior. "Hot Searches" and "Trending Keywords" display real-time popular terms across the whole network, such as "artificial intelligence", "new quality productive forces", "digital economy", and "green finan