Yang Siluog, Xing Xin, Zheng Mengxue
[Purpose/Significance]This paper made a comparative analysis of the current situation of book influence in G20,and provided a reference for China to enhance the international influence of books.[Method/Process]This study selected the five subject books included in Springer as samples,which were chemistry,engineering,medicine,law and history,and used Bookmetrix as the data source of influence indicators.On the basis of discussing indicator coverage and correlation,this study made a comparative analysis of the similarities and differences of book influence in G20 from the following three aspects:the output of the book,the five types of indicators,which included downloads,citations,mentions,readers,and reviews,and the co-authorship relationship.[Result/Conclusion]The study found:1The coverage and correlation of the overall book indicators were similar to those of China,the United States,and Germany.The coverage of downloads was the highest,and the correlation between the readers and citations was high and stable.2Compared with Germany,the United States,and the United Kingdom,there was still a significant gap in the number of international books produced in China.However,China had performed well in terms of the average value of indicators and total ranking.3In the book co-authoring network of G20,the international cooperation intensity of humanities and social science books was significantly lower than that of science and engineering disciplines.The United States and Germany had high scientific research cooperation strength and influence.The international cooperation of China had a certain foundation,but the overall influence was not prominent.