Nature Index: China is the country with highest absolute increase in high quality research

[GS Zhou]

July 28, 2016: Nature Index 2016 Rising Stars identifies the ascendant performers in the world of science, using the power of the Nature Index, which tracks the high-quality research of more than 8,000 global institutions.

The institutions and countries examined here have increased their contribution to a selection of top natural science journals — a metric known as weighted fractional count (WFC) — from 2012 to 2015. In the competitive world of academic publishing, these are the players to watch.

China's remarkable rise in high-quality research output is now well established, which is why we no longer consider the country a rising star. However, it's worth noting that China topped the list of most improved countries in the index for the past four years, both overall and in the four subject areas tracked by the index: physical sciences, chemistry, life sciences and Earth and environment research.

Q: What is WFC?
A: The Nature Index database tracks the affiliations of high-quality natural science articles, and charts publication productivity for institutions and countries. Article count (AC) includes the total number of affiliated articles. Weighted fractional count (WFC) accounts for the relative contribution of each author to an article, and adjusts for the abundance of astronomy and astrophysics papers.

Top institutions with the highest absolute increase in WFC

Top countries with the highest absolute increase in WFC

 

[AndrewJin]

This is one aspect of the New Normal.
Won't be news in Chinese newspaper....

 

[Beidou2020]

What is the overall list?

 

[GS Zhou]

What is the overall list?

check the link at:
http://www.natureindex.com/supplements/nature-index-2016-rising-stars/tables/institutions

 

[TaiShang]

This is one aspect of the New Normal.
Won't be news in Chinese newspaper....

So many developments at increasing speed. Very hard to follow and have a grasp of the big picture.

One needs to take step back and view the overall picture, but then, there is the risk of missing up on the new developments.

This explosive growth in everything will continue for a while to come until China achieves a developed major country status.

 

[cirr]

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[Beidou2020]

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[cirr]

1 more problem for the haters to deal with

Sorry, posted it in the wrong thread.

Yes, one done, two more to go this year.

 

[Mangus Ortus Novem]

Science and tech R&D output is the key to the second phase of development.

The policy is clearly set and being executed with Virtue.

Makes one happy.

We need to make a national effort to boost more spending in all critical areas.

From pure science develops applied science.

And it is this application of science and tech that is the key if China wants to break through the middle income trap.

There is a long way to go to become truly a developed country with Chinese Characteristics.

All the right building blocks are in place now.

 

[TaiShang]

China becomes brightest Nature Index 2016 Rising Star
CRI, July 29, 2016

Forty of China's science and research institutions have dominated the 'Nature Index 2016 Rising Stars' chart, with the Chinese Academy of Sciences taking the lead.

The 'Nature Index 2016 Rising Stars' bar chart. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com]

The rankings, released by the scientific journal, Nature, aims to identify the institutions which have made most progress in the past three years, and show the greatest potential for positive development in the coming years.

It's the fourth year in a row that the Chinese Academy of Science has taken the top spot in the Nature Index. The Academy is the largest scientific organization in the world, comprising 114 institutions and 48,500 researchers by the end of April.

In the Rising Stars rankings, it is followed by China's Peking University, Nanjing University, University of Science and Technology of China, and Nankai University.

In the East Asia region, almost all of the top 25 scientific institutions are from China, apart from the Korea Basic Science Institute, which takes 10th position.

David Swinbanks, founder of the Nature Index, says China's high-quality scientific research outputs have seen a spectacular increase, and growth is stable as well.

In the overall rankings, scientific giant the United States comes in second place, appearing on the list 11 times.

The UK and Germany are chasing closely behind, boasting nine and eight spots in the rankings respectively.

The Nature Index is a database of author affiliation information collated from research articles from over 8,000 global institutions, published in 68 high-quality science journals.