Research on the International Academic Influence of the Police of Building Word-Class University in China

Abstract

According to China's "Double First-class" construction, the first round of world-class university construction started in 2016, aiming to promote a number of high-level universities into the world first-class ranks, and accelerate the modernization of higher education governance system and governance capacity. By 2020, the first round of the construction has been completed. Whether the policy of world-class universities has achieved the above goals under the promotion of the central and local departments has become an issue of widespread concern in the society. Therefore, this paper collects the relevant data of the world-class universities in 2015 to 2020 and 42 international universities not affected by the policy. Based on the difference-in-difference model, the policy effect is evaluated from the perspective of the international academic influence of the universities. It is found that the policy of world-class universities has a significant role in promoting the international academic influence of universities, especially in the influence of high-level papers and citation.