Cao C. "Chinese science and the Nobel Prize complex" MINERVA, 42 (2): 151-172 2004

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: eaicaoc at nus.edu.sg

Author(s): Cao, C

Title: Chinese science and the 'Nobel Prize complex'

Source: MINERVA, 42 (2): 151-172 2004

Language: English  Document Type: Article

Abstract: China's scientists have so far failed to win a Nobel Prize.
Political interference, certain aspects of cultural heritage, and a
problematic value system have arguably been major contributing factors. This
essay examines the ways in which these factors have operated, and discusses
why there is a growing 'Nobel Prize mania' in China today.

EXCERPT :
Furthermore, while there has been a steady increase in the number of
international papers published by China's scientists -- China ranked eighth
in the Science Citation Index (SCI) in 2001 (Table 1), an improvement from
twenty-sixth place in 1984 -- the total number of China's papers in
SCI-index journals in 2000 was only one-quarter of Britain's and Japan's,
and one-eighth that of the United States.  Although scientists at Beijing
University published 1105 SCI papers in 2000, this was less than one-eighth
of the number produced by scientists at Harvard.  The impact Factor
associated with journals in which Chinese publish also tends to be lower,
and fewer Chinese papers are cited.  Indeed, the number of SCI citations of
Chinese papers is 0.94, while that of papers by Japanese, Taiwanese, and
South Korean scientists are 2.99, 1.45 and 1.24, respectively.  Papers that
Chinese scientists publish in Science and Nature, and which may well be
highly cited, are mainly within the fields of paleontology and geology, and
are therefore outside the scope of the Nobel Prize.



Addresses: Natl Univ Singapore, E Asian Inst, Singapore 117571, Singapore
Reprint Address: Cao, C, Natl Univ Singapore, E Asian Inst, AS5 Level 4,7
Arts Link, Singapore 117571, Singapore.





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