Returning scientists and the emergence of China's science system
Returning scientists and the emergence of China's science system
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DOI：
10.1093/scipol/scz056
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发表时间：
2020-04-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Jonkers, Koen
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作者：
Cao, Cong;Baas, Jeroen;Jonkers, Koen
中国发展世界一流科学体系的方法包括一系列强有力的计划，以吸引拥有海外培训和工作经验的中国研究人员回国。没有分析可以显示这些移动研究人员的表现。本文试图弥补这一差距的一部分。我们采用新颖的文献计量方法，从出版活动的角度估算了海外华人和海归的存量，尽管存在一些局限性。我们发现，美国华裔科学家的比例远高于欧盟。我们还发现，中国海归发表的作品影响力更大，并且继续发表比国内同行更多的国际水平作品。海归不仅倾向于发表更多文章，而且在将中国融入全球网络方面发挥了重要作用。事实上，海归积极与原东道系统的研究人员共同发表论文，显示了科学社会资本的重要性。未来的研究将探讨停留时间等因素对这种影响和融合的影响。
China's approach to developing a world-class science system includes a vigorous set of programmes to attract back Chinese researchers who have overseas training and work experience. No analysis is available to show the performance of these mobile researchers. This article attempts to close part of this gap. Using a novel bibliometric approach, we estimate the stocks of overseas Chinese and returnees from the perspective of their publication activities, albeit with some limitations. We show that the share of overseas Chinese scientists in the USA is considerably larger than that in the European Union. We also show that Chinese returnees publish higher impact work and continue to publish more and at the international level than domestic counterparts. Returnees not only tend to publish more, but they are instrumental in linking China into the global network. Indeed, returnees actively co-publish with researchers in their former host system, showing the importance of scientific social capital. Future research will examine the impact of length of stay, among other factors, on such impact and integration.