Abstract:

This study examines the basic characteristics of the scholarly communication behavior of early
career researchers in China， which focuses on scholarly reading and publishing. The sample includes 13
early career researchers. In addition， the study explores the issue by semi-structured in-depth interviews and
both qualitative and quantitative data analysis are performed. The result shows that early career researchers
basically continue traditional scholarly reading and publishing means， but also shows certain specialties， such
as information acquisition by mobile devices， publishing academic information on the information source at
high speed transmission rate and attention to international cooperation publishing.