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The influence of Chinese scholars on global research

Scientific reports, 2022-11, Vol.12 (1), p.18410-18410, Article 18410 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2022. The Author(s). ;The Author(s) 2022. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;The Author(s) 2022 ;ISSN: 2045-2322 ;EISSN: 2045-2322 ;DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-23024-z ;PMID: 36319688

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  • Title:
    The influence of Chinese scholars on global research
  • Author: Lin, Wen-Chiao ; Chang, Chih-Wei
  • Subjects: Asian students ; China ; Collaboration ; Databases, Factual ; Education ; Humans ; Immigration ; Physics ; Science ; Students ; Upper Extremity ; Workforce
  • Is Part Of: Scientific reports, 2022-11, Vol.12 (1), p.18410-18410, Article 18410
  • Description: The rise of China as a scientific research superpower has been frequently discussed in media and literature. However, past analyses are usually based on the geographical database and they ignore how the millions of emigrated Chinese students, who are now being considered the major research workforce in many countries, affect their academic outputs. Here we quantitatively analyze the contribution of Chinese scholars in physical science around the globe by their publications in a country's papers from 2010 to 2021 as well as their citations. Contrary to common perception, we find that increasing the number of Chinese scholars does not correlate with the net publication growth or decline in their host countries before the Chinese population exceeds a critical value. On the other hand, increasing Chinese authors in a paper improves its citations. The phenomena, though anomalous, are observed in many subfields of physics across the globe. Our analysis suggests that although Chinese scholars do not change the perceived publication capabilities of many countries but may have reshaped their research culture as well as workforce distributions. The results would be valuable for R&D, higher education, and immigration policymakers.
  • Publisher: England: Nature Publishing Group
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 2045-2322
    EISSN: 2045-2322
    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-23024-z
    PMID: 36319688
  • Source: MEDLINE
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