从引证看中国近代史研究(1998-2007)

What Citations Tell Us about Modern Chinese History Studies,1998—2007

引证越来越成为衡量学术影响力的一个重要维度。本文根据中文社会科学引文索引数据库(CSSCI)的相关数据,从引证的角度,展示和分析1998—2007年间中国近代史研究领域学者、学术论著、学术机构、学术期刊的学术影响力,以及研究重心和议题的集中和转移。从引证的角度看,中国近代史研究领域近十年来在发表总量和作者队伍扩大、学术规范建设等方面取得了长足的进展,重要学者的地域分布趋于分散,研究重心向20世纪史延伸。而以资料性、权威性引证为主的知识传承方式以及学者代际转换趋缓的现象,又暗示了学术创新动力的不足。

Increasingly,citations have become an important dimension in evaluating academic influence. Based on the relevant data in the Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index (CSSCI),this article uses citations to demonstrate and analyze the academic influences of various scholars,publications,institutions and journals in the field of modern Chinese history from 1998 to 2007. Using the same methods,this article also analyzes shifts in focus between various topics of research. As seen through citations,research in modern Chinese history has had following changes in the last ten years:First,great progress has been made in such areas as the volume of publication,the number of authors,and the development of academic criteria. Additionally,important authors have become widely distributed geographically. Finally,the focus of research has extended into 20th century history. However,heavy reliance on citing historical materials and authoritative publications as the principal form of intellectual training,and the slowing pace of transition from one academic generation to the next,both suggest that there is insufficient motivation for scholarly innovation.