SCI论文与科研评价——兼谈论文编辑公司

Science Citation Index Papers and Research Performance Assessment:An Overview of Editing Companies

《科学引文索引》(Science Citation Index,SCI)作为杂志质量的客观评价工具被引入我国后,逐渐成为我国科研评价重要的,乃至唯一的指标,对科研人员产生了强烈的导向作用,并催生了SCI论文热。比较了我国与其他国家大学及科研院所的科研评价体系和评价指标组成,分析了SCI论文在其中发挥的作用。结果表明,SCI论文在世界范围已经、正在并将继续在科研评价中发挥重要的作用,但将其唯一化、绝对化,不利于科研的发展。我国的SCI论文热也催生了国内论文服务公司的繁荣及乱象。

Science citation index （SCI）, an objective evaluation tool for journals, has become an important indicator in assessing scientific research performance in China. It has strongly impacted the direction and scope of researchers and generated a large number of ＂SCI＂ papers. This review compared the systems assessing scientific research performance between Chinese universities and institutions and those in western countries. It is concluded that SCI papers have played and will continue to play an important role in the assessment system worldwide. However, assessment solely based on SCI papers compromised the scientific research development. In addition, the SCI papers mania has resulted in the prosperity and chaos of various paper service companies.