提升中国眼科学基础研究的质量和水平

The quality of basic research in ophthalmology needs to be impoved in China

基础研究对眼病病因的确定、发病机制的阐明以及临床药物研发起着重要作用。近年来中国眼科学基础研究取得了长足的发展，国家级科研基金资助项目的数量逐年增加，论文数量和质量不断提高，部分成果还获得了国家级科研奖项。但与国际同行相比仍存在着差距，主要表现在SCI论文影响因子较低、创新性研究还不够多、区域发展不平衡、在一定程度上存在重临床轻基础现象等。探究这些问题的根源，制定合理应对策略将有助于提升中国眼科学基础研究的质量和水平。

Basic research program is essential to the investigation of the pathogenesis of ocular diseases and the development of novel strategies for the prevention and treatment for these diseases. With increasing support of research grants at various levels, basic research in ophthalmology has gained great achievement in China in recent years. A number of studies have recently been published in well known peer-review international journals and won the State Scientific and Technological Progress Awards. However, we have to keep it in mind that basic research in ophthalmology should be improved qualitatively meanwhile, the imbalance in basic study among different areas needs to be resolved in the near future.