Abstract: Based on the papers published with a Chinese address and collected by the Web of Science (including SCI, SSCl, and A&HCI) during the period of 1994-2006, the scientometrics and data mining approach are adoped to analyze disciplinary patterns of Chinese publications, including quantity and growth rate for the different disciplines. In addition, the BCG matrix analysis is used to divide the 242 disciplines into four different categories, that is, stars, cash cows, question marks, and skinny dogs. Policy recommendations are made based on the analysis.