三论自然科学奖的评奖标准

FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CRITERIA FOR THE EVALUATION OF AWARDS FOR NATURAL SCIENCES

本文通过生命科学研究中的一些实例来讨论自然科学奖评审的两个方面:一是对于科研成果的评价,主要包括创造性、在开拓新的研究领域或推动学科发展中所起的作用以及对人类社会进步或国民经济建设中所起的推动作用;二是科学研究活动的内容,主要包括研究手段的建立、资料和数据的积累,新事物的发现、自然规律的发现和科学理论的创立。

The system of evaluation of avards for natural sciences may be considered as a two dimensional framework. One dimension is the criteria of evaluation including initiativeness, the opening of new fields of investigation, and the promotion of social progress and economic development. The other dimension is the components of scientific investigation including(?) of methodology and technique, the discovery of new phenomina and law of nature, at(?) sal of hypothesis and theory. The scientific achievement of a piece of work may be r(?)ved into these components and their relative importance may be evaluated with the forementioned criteria.