China＇s cormaaunications industry is an important part of the electronic information industry, and plays a significant role in the national informatization process. In 2006, China issued its National Plans for Medium...China＇s cormaaunications industry is an important part of the electronic information industry, and plays a significant role in the national informatization process. In 2006, China issued its National Plans for Medium and Long-term Development of Science and Technology （2006-2020） （NPMLDST）. Since 2006, there has been a rapid increase in the number of citations of China＇s interna- tional papers in the field of communications. In accordance with the goals listed in the NPMLDST, China needs to over- take several competitors by 2020 to be among the top five countries in the field of natural science field. By comparing two Essential Science Indicators （ESI） （i.e., the total number of citations and the number of citations per paper） for China and other countries, China＇s annual growth rate is found to exceed that of other influential countries in the field of sci- ence and technology, and exhibits evident growth-type characteristics. Besides, our study also shows that the short- age of high-quality academic papers in China is the main obstacle to improving the impact of China＇s academic publications.展开更多
Monetary incentives underlie academic publications,especially in countries where many researchers'incomes are performance-based.Evidence has documented that social ties improve the chances of publication in journa...Monetary incentives underlie academic publications,especially in countries where many researchers'incomes are performance-based.Evidence has documented that social ties improve the chances of publication in journals,whereas building and maintaining social ties require resources.We develop a simple model to investigate the consequences of monetary investment on the probability of publication through social ties.The results indicate that monetary incentive can stimulate researchers to make more efforts regarding publication.Through social ties,monetary investment in the process of academic publication distorts researchers'incentive.Monetary investment through social ties improves the probability of publication and then disables the signaling function of publication in terms of researchers'abilities.Depending on the contribution of different types of researchers to society and the ability of the latter to differentiate the quality of publication in journals,the improvement in publication probability by monetary investment through social ties may improve or reduce the level of social welfare.展开更多
基金supported by National High-tech R&D Program of China (863 Program) under Grant No.2011AA01A206
文摘China＇s cormaaunications industry is an important part of the electronic information industry, and plays a significant role in the national informatization process. In 2006, China issued its National Plans for Medium and Long-term Development of Science and Technology （2006-2020） （NPMLDST）. Since 2006, there has been a rapid increase in the number of citations of China＇s interna- tional papers in the field of communications. In accordance with the goals listed in the NPMLDST, China needs to over- take several competitors by 2020 to be among the top five countries in the field of natural science field. By comparing two Essential Science Indicators （ESI） （i.e., the total number of citations and the number of citations per paper） for China and other countries, China＇s annual growth rate is found to exceed that of other influential countries in the field of sci- ence and technology, and exhibits evident growth-type characteristics. Besides, our study also shows that the short- age of high-quality academic papers in China is the main obstacle to improving the impact of China＇s academic publications.
文摘Monetary incentives underlie academic publications,especially in countries where many researchers'incomes are performance-based.Evidence has documented that social ties improve the chances of publication in journals,whereas building and maintaining social ties require resources.We develop a simple model to investigate the consequences of monetary investment on the probability of publication through social ties.The results indicate that monetary incentive can stimulate researchers to make more efforts regarding publication.Through social ties,monetary investment in the process of academic publication distorts researchers'incentive.Monetary investment through social ties improves the probability of publication and then disables the signaling function of publication in terms of researchers'abilities.Depending on the contribution of different types of researchers to society and the ability of the latter to differentiate the quality of publication in journals,the improvement in publication probability by monetary investment through social ties may improve or reduce the level of social welfare.
