Abstract
China’s scientific achievement has received considerable international attention due to a large amount of research and development (R&D) spending. This article aims to study the performance of China’s R&D expenditures (in the form of research funding) by examining the research performance of individual researchers based on bibliometric measures. This study concludes that research practice is not merely determined by capital possessed. Besides, international collaboration primarily accounts for research performance of scholars, whereas research funding and publishing in Chinese-based journals do not impact research performance significantly.
Highlights
In an editorial commentary in Science, Shi and Rao (2010) commented on China’s problematic funding system and entrenched research culture that impedes scientific progress and innovation
To contribute to the discussion, we present an empirical analysis of China’s “science enterprise” from the Bourdieusian point of view
China’s social scientists account for only 1.60% of all of the publications authored by Chinese scholars
Summary
In an editorial commentary in Science, Shi and Rao (2010) commented on China’s problematic funding system and entrenched research culture that impedes scientific progress and innovation. These comments were, refuted by government authorities (Xin, 2010). To echo the Chinese authority’s stance, Nature (Morrison, 2014; Noorden, 2016; Witze, 2016) reported that China’s expenditure in research and development (R&D) ranked second only to the United States (see Figure 1) and produced the third-highest number of publications following the European Union (EU) and the United States. The research purpose of the present study is to examine the outcome of China’s expenditures for research projects by examining the research performance of individual scholars as well as the factors affecting their performance
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