Is China also becoming a giant in social sciences?

Zhou, Ping; Thijs, Bart; Glänzel, Wolfgang

doi:10.1007/s11192-007-2068-x

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“…The centre of gravity of growth in science and technology has actually moved away from the US and Japan, passing the European Union towards China, as has shown in many literatures (Leydesdorff and Zhou 2005;Leydesdorff 2006, 2008;Zhou et al 2009;Kostoff et al 2007;Glänzel et al 2008;Rousseau 2008). This development has already measurable effect on the balance of power as measured by scientific production.…”

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In-depth analysis on China’s international cooperation in science

Zhou

Glänzel

2010

Scientometrics

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It has been about 30 years since China adopted an open-up and reform policy for global competition and collaboration. This opening-up policy is accompanied by a spectacular growth of the country's economy as well as visibility in the world's scientific literature. Also China' competitiveness in scientific research has grown, and is mirroring the development of the country's economy. On the other hand, international collaboration of most countries dramatically increased during the last two decades and accompanied the growth of science in emerging economies. Thus the question arises of whether growth of competitiveness in research is accompanied by an intensification of collaboration in China as well. In the present study we analyse the dynamics and the national characteristics of China's co-operation in a global context. We also study research profile and citation impact of international collaboration with respect to the corresponding domestic 'standards'.

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In-depth analysis on China’s international cooperation in science

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Glänzel

2010

Scientometrics

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“…Previous bibliometric studies have demonstrated the contributions that China is making to research knowledge, not just in general (Royal Society, 2011;Zhou and Leydesdorf, 2006;Zhou et al, 2009) This paper reports an analysis of Chinese computer science publications in the first ten years of the 21 st century, hence providing a detailed update of the earlier studies of Guan and Ma (2004) and of Kumar and Garg (2005) described above. Moreover, we extend their work in two ways.…”

Section: Information and Communications Technology (Ict) Is Arguably mentioning

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The development of computer science research in the People’s Republic of China 2000–2009: a bibliometric study

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Willett

2012

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This paper reports a bibliometric study of the development of computer science research in the People's Republic of China in the 21 st century, using data from the Web of Science, JournalCitation Reports and CORE databases. Focusing on the areas of data mining, operating systems and web design, it is shown that whilst the productivity of Chinese research has risen dramatically over the period under review, its impact is still low when compared with established scientific nations such as the USA, the UK and Japan. The publication and citation data for China are compared with corresponding data for the other three BRIC nations (Brazil, Russian and India). It is shown that China dominates the BRIC nations in terms of both publications and citations, but that Indian publications often have a greater individual impact. KeywordsBibliometrics; Citation analysis; Computer science research; People's Republic of China; Research impact; Research productivity Introduction Information and communications technology (ICT) is arguably the most important technologyfor supporting the economic development of a nation and thus for enhancing its population's quality of life. It is hence hardly surprising that the People's Republic of China (hereafter China), as the world's largest developing country, has made very extensive efforts to develop its R&D capabilities in ICT. Most notably, the Ministry of Science and Technology identified this as one of six technologies for funding in the National High Technology Programme (the other areas were biotechnology and agriculture, materials, manufacturing and automation, energy, and resources and the environment (Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, no date)). The programme (which is also called the 863 programme) started in 1986 with the aim of upgrading national industrial competitiveness so 2 that China could compete successfully with established players such as the USA, Japan and the European Union. ICT receives the largest fraction of the extensive government funding that has been made available to the programme (Springut et al., 2011), and a range of statistics attest to the success of this initiative: for example, China is now the world's largest mobile communications market and the largest producer of ICT products (Simon, 2011); and it has 75 of the world's 500 most powerful supercomputers, including the second and the fourth fastest (Top500 Computer Sites, 2011).Computer science is one of the key basic sciences underlying ICT developments (other important areas include electronics, informatics and telecommunications), and Guan and Ma Since then it has grown, first steadily (Maier, 1988), and then much more rapidly since the liberalization of the economy. In this paper, we discuss the growth in academic computer science research in China using the methods of bibliometrics (Bar-Ilan, 2008a; Borgman and Furner, 2002;Nicolaisen, 2007;Wilson, 1999).Previous bibliometric studies have demonstrated the contributions that China is making to research...

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“…When compared with the natural sciences, some of these challenges (i.e., disagreements in ideology, ontology, and epistemology) would be more manifest in research collaboration in the social sciences, which "are more connected to and imbedded in (and thus affected by) the social and political system to which they are oriented" [20] (p. 594) and [21]. The same reason may have also reinforced "a very strong core-periphery pattern" and "a highly asymmetrical structure of exchange" in international collaboration in the social sciences [7] (p. 144), with North America and Western Europe continuing to dominate the dynamics of knowledge production.…”

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“…In the past two decades, amidst a wide-spread internationalization drive at Chinese universities, international collaboration has been further stimulated through various policy-level initiatives, for example, rewarding publication in international, indexed journals handsomely [25], luring back overseas-trained academics [26], and focusing on collaborating with high-performers (i.e., the United States (U.S.) and the European Union (EU) nations) [27]. Bibliometric research has shown that the proportion of the internationally indexed articles co-authored by Chinese and overseas academics has been on the rise in both natural and social sciences over the decades [5,20].…”

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“…Broadening horizons and gaining other perspectives (31) Difficulty in communication caused by language barriers and geographic distance (49) Raising the quality of academic research (30) Different understandings of research issues, and different perspectives and views on what is important (20) Getting help in English (25) Coordination of pace and schedule (15) Learning the ropes of English academic writing (23) Lacking access to potential collaborators (13) Facilitating publication in international journals (18) Difficulty created by gaps in research competencies (7) Complementing each other academically (15) Potential conflicts over authorship, responsibilities, and gains (7) Gaining access to theoretical developments (13) Mutual understanding and trust (5) OMAs' good qualities (2) A majority of comments that fall into the category of raising the quality of academic research bear upon the perceived more advanced research paradigm and more rigorous methodology on the part of overseas researchers and CMAs' passion in learning from their overseas counterparts in this regard. Some examples of their comments include: "The scientific research methods" "Systematic methods" "Overseas academics' research methods are more rigorous" "The standardization of research paradigms" "To learn the latest research methods and tools" "To enhance research standards"…”

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Collaborating with Management Academics in a New Economy: Benefits and Challenges

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Abstract:As a response to intensified globalization, international research collaboration has become common in the social sciences. This paper reports a study that examined what Chinese management academics and their overseas counterparts perceived to be the benefits and challenges arising from research collaboration with each other. Data collected with two parallel questionnaires administered, respectively, to 114 Chinese and 30 overseas management academics revealed a variety of perceived benefits relating mainly to Chinese and overseas academics' complementing strengths. Analysis of the same data also identified an array of perceived challenges stemming from a combination of cultural, epistemological, ideological, linguistic, institutional, and relational differences. Our study generated insights to be drawn upon in policy-making and in the coordination of international research collaboration.

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Is China also becoming a giant in social sciences?

Cited by 78 publications

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In-depth analysis on China’s international cooperation in science

In-depth analysis on China’s international cooperation in science

The development of computer science research in the People’s Republic of China 2000–2009: a bibliometric study

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