Evaluating China's research performance: how do SCI and Chinese indexes compare?

被引：12
作者：
Liang, LM [1 ]
机构：
[1] Henan Normal Univ, Inst Sci Technol & Society, Xinxiang, Henan 453002, Peoples R China
来源：
INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE REVIEWS | 2003年 / 28卷 / 01期
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D O I：
10.1179/030801803225010313
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
The aim of this paper is to compare the value of SCI (the Science Citation Index) and two domestic Chinese databases of scientific papers and citations, Chinese Scientific and Technical Papers and Citations (CSTPC) and the Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD), as measures of China's research output and performance. The two main results of the study are (i) that the number of papers indexed. in SCI is more sensitive as an indicator of research activity than numbers of citations or papers indexed in CSCD or CSTPC, and (ii) that the number of papers indexed in SCI is also a much more volatile indicator than measures derived from the Chinese databases. Related to these findings is the fact that there is now fierce competition among different regions of China for the top research rankings as defined by papers indexed in SCI.
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页数：6
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