Comparing the collaboration networks and productivity of China-born and US-born academic scientists
Comparing the collaboration networks and productivity of China-born and US-born academic scientists
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DOI：
10.1093/scipol/scy060
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发表时间：
2018-10
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
E. V. van Holm;Yonghong Wu;E. Welch
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作者：
E. V. van Holm;Yonghong Wu;E. Welch
中国科学家是美国科学和工程（S&E）领域最大的外国出生终身教职教师群体，并已成为中国政府最近试图吸引他们回国的目标。本研究考察了在美国工作的中国科学家和美国出生的科学家之间的合作网络的差异。研究结果显示，中国科学家的合作网络在规模、组成和作用方面存在显著差异，这些网络如何不同地影响他们的生产力。出生在中国的科学家网络规模更小、更分散、交流更少。然而，尽管有这些网络，而且从传统研究资源中获益较少，中国科学家似乎比他们的美国同事更有成效。这项研究提高了对美国研究企业中这一重要群体的理解，也为科学政策提供了见解。
Chinese scientists constitute the largest group of foreign-born tenure-track faculty in science and engineering (S&E) fields in the USA, and have become a target of recent Chinese government efforts seeking to attract them back to China. This study examines the differences of collaboration networks between Chinese scientists and US-born scientists working in the USA. The findings show significant differences in the size, composition, and role of collaboration networks of Chinese scientists, and how these networks differently impact their productivity. The networks of scientists born in China are smaller, more dispersed, and less communicative. However, despite those networks and less benefit from traditional research resources, Chinese scientists appear to be more productive than their American colleagues are. The study improves understanding of this important group in the USA’s research enterprise and also provides insights for science policy.