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Regional analysis on Chinese scientific output

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Based on data from the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and using scientometric methods, we conducted a systematic analysis of Chinese regional contributions and international collaboration in terms of scientific publications, publication activity, and citation impact. We found that regional contributions are highly skewed. The top positions measured by number of publications or citations, share of publications or citations are taken by almost the same set of regions. But this is not the case when indicators for relative citation impact are used. Comparison between regional scientific output and R&D expenditure shows that Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient between the two indicators is rather low among the leading publication regions.

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  1. Centre for R&D Monitoring (ECOOM), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Ping Zhou, Bart Thijs & Wolfgang Glänzel

  2. Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China, Beijing, P. R. China

    Ping Zhou

  3. Institute for Research Policy Studies (IRPS), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

    Wolfgang Glänzel

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Zhou, P., Thijs, B. & Glänzel, W. Regional analysis on Chinese scientific output. Scientometrics 81, 839–857 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-008-2255-9

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