The Matthew effect in China’s science: evidence from academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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• 作者：Xue Yang ; Xin Gu ; Yuandi Wang ; Guangyuan Hu ; Li Tang
• 关键词：Matthew effect ; Science and technology policy ; Academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences
• 刊名：Scientometrics
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：March 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：102
• 期：3
• 页码：2089-2105
• 全文大小：1,291 KB
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• 刊物主题：Information Storage and Retrieval; Library Science; Interdisciplinary Studies;
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1588-2861

文摘

Utilizing a unique dataset of the Chinese Academy of Sciences academicians (1993-013), this paper investigates the Matthew effect in China’s science. Three indicators, namely the concentration index, the Matthew index and the coefficient of variation, are adopted to measure the uneven distribution of academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences among different regions and disciplines. The empirical analysis demonstrates the existence of the Matthew effect in China’s science for the above two dimensions. Yet, this effect has weakened for all regions with the exception of Beijing. We argue that this uneven distribution of the nation’s brightest minds makes scientifically competitive regions and disciplines even more competitive while putting those less developed regions and research domains at further disadvantage.