Frontiers and Hotspots Participation of Scientific and Technological Research in China and the (New) First-Tier Cities

Subjects: Management Science >> Regional Economic Management Subjects: Library Science，Information Science >> Utilization of Information submitted time 2022-07-14

Yang, Gui Ben Luo, Wenqi Dai, Rui Xu, Zhishu Huang, Qingming Qi, Baichao Yang, Yue Cao, Li

Abstract： <p>Science and technology are closely related to the development of countries and cities. The participation in frontier research reflects an important aspect of the scientific and technological level of countries and cities. By using the data from the series of reports Research Fronts and Engineering Fronts published by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the prominence percentile data from the Elsevier's SciVcl database, this paper analyzes the frontier and hotspots participation in scientific and technological research in China and (new) first-tier cities. The study found that China's participation in the world's frontiers of scientific and technological research has improved tremendously, but the level of research needs to be raised significantly. The country as a whole and (new) first-tier cities are generally more involved in frontier research areas but less pioneering. In terms of research areas, more frontier-led research with good participation was in mathematics/computer science and engineering, chemistry/chemical engineering and materials science, physics, earth sciences, ecology/environmental science and engineering, biological/agricultural science and engineering, and energy and mining engineering. Overall there is more frontier research in engineering and technology than in the natural sciences. In terms of the distribution of subject research in cities, the disciplines of frontier research in (new) first-tier cities are distributed in more traditional disciplines and are less influential, with gaps in performance in subjects where global frontier research is relatively concentrated, such as engineering, biochemistry/genetics and molecular biology and medicine. In terms of geographical distribution, the institutions involved in global frontier research in science and technology in China are mainly located in coastal cities. In terms of performance, with regard to research and engineering fronts, Beijing is outstanding, followed by Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Xi'an, Changsha, Chengdu and Shenzhen; with regard to topic fronts, Beijing stands out regarding publication share, prominence percentile and FWCI, followed by Guangzhou, Shanghai, Nanjing and Wuhan; Dongguan, Suzhou, Zhengzhou, Shenzhen and Shenyang stand out regarding prominence percentile, while other cities are average in all aspects.</p>

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