Characteristics of research in China assessed with Essential Science Indicators |
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Authors: | Hui-Zhen Fu Kun-Yang Chuang Ming-Huang Wang Yuh-Shan Ho |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Environmental Engineering, Peking University, 100871 Beijing, People’s Republic of China;(2) Department of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, 250 Wu-Hsing Street, Taipei, 11014, Taiwan;(3) Department of Environmental Sciences, The Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, Peking University, 100871 Beijing, People’s Republic of China;(4) Trend Research Centre, Asia University, No. 500, Lioufeng Road, Wufeng, Taichung County, 41354, Taiwan; |
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Abstract: | To provide an overview of the characteristics of research in China, a bibliometric evaluation of highly cited papers with
high-level representation was conducted during the period from 1999 to 2009 based on the Essential Science Indicators (ESI)
database. A comprehensive assessment covered overall performance, journals, subject categories, internationally collaborative
countries, national inter-institutionally collaborative institutions, and most-cited papers in 22 scientific fields. China
saw a strong growth in scientific publications in the last decade, to some extent due to increasing research and development
expenditure. China has been more active in ESI fields of chemistry and physics, but more excellent in materials science, engineering
and mathematics. Most publications were concerned with the common Science Citation Index subject categories of multidisciplinary
chemistry, multidisciplinary materials and science, and physical chemistry. About one half China’s ESC papers were internationally
collaborative and the eight major industrialized countries (the USA, Germany, the UK, Japan, France, Canada, Russia, and Italy)
played a prominent role in scientific collaboration with China, especially the USA. The Chinese Academy of Sciences took the
leading position of institutions with many branches. The “985 Project” stimulated the most productive institutions for academic
research with a huge funding injection and the universities in Hong Kong showed good scientific performance. The citation
impact of internationally collaborative papers differed among fields and international collaborations made positive contributions
to academic research in China. |
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