Scientometric study on research performance in China

摘要

Research performance in China has increased appreciably during the past few years, both in regard to relative output of publications and in their impact on the international research productivity. The purpose of this survey, based on the data recorded in the Science Citation Index (SCI) database between 1987 and 1993, is to study the research performance in the People's Republic of China. The 35,087 papers published in domestic or foreign periodicals were selected for analysis and evaluation of the distribution of publications and citations, for the numerical characterization of research performance in China. The findings indicate that 17,687 papers covered by the Source Indexes of the SCI in the period 1990–1992 had received 7944 citations in the year 1993 and that the mean citation rate is 0.45. The number of cited papers is 4491 and the proportion of cited papers to the total is 0.25.