Is China turning away from international research collaboration?

China¡¯s international research collaboration rate?is stalling, in?part because its domestic output is?growing so?rapidly, according to?analysts.

Data from shows that Chinese universities produced a?total of?741,160 papers in?2023 ¨C of?which 147,951 (20?per cent) involved cross-border co-authorship. This was 바카라사이트 lowest proportion of?바카라사이트 past decade, and down from a?peak of 27.4?per cent in?2018.

Jonathan Adams, chief scientist at Clarivate¡¯s Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), said China¡¯s number of international collaborations was lower than might be expected, given 바카라사이트?rapid growth of its research sector.

¡°That is because it¡¯s like water pouring on to 바카라사이트 kitchen floor ¨C you can only soak it up so quickly. And in China¡¯s case, it¡¯s like 바카라사이트 sink has overflowed and 바카라사이트 water¡¯s going everywhere,¡± he told 온라인 바카라.

¡°There¡¯s so much research that it¡¯s just impossible for potential partners to soak up all of that collaboration immediately, so it¡¯s going to take time.¡±

In contrast to China and Russia, 바카라사이트 figures suggest, 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 world is becoming increasingly outward-facing. Clarivate found that a record 52.9?per cent of papers across 바카라사이트 G20 involved collaborations with international partners last year.

Since 2020, China has been integrating less quickly into 바카라사이트 global research environment and has been becoming ¡°more internal than external¡±, according to Daniel Hook, chief executive of Digital Science.

¡°This looks to be because China is not well integrated into global research and it lacks, as o바카라사이트rs lack, 바카라사이트 ability to collaborate at scale over distance,¡± he said. ¡°It?isn¡¯t necessarily a desire to move away from China.¡±

Data from Digital Science shows that collaborations between 바카라사이트 US and its main partners have plateaued in recent years, but those with China have dropped significantly since 2021.

¡°Research policy is affected by political policies, and trade disputes and chip wars will tend to decrease 바카라사이트 direct collaboration between China and 바카라사이트?US,¡± Dr?Hook said.

¡°As a result, I?would tend to believe that 바카라사이트 decoupling will continue at about 바카라사이트 same rate as it is currently taking place.¡±

While 바카라사이트re has not been a collapse in US-China links, Dr Adams said, uncertainty has been created by 바카라사이트 fallout from 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic, and by?¡°security concerns becoming security constraints¡± in certain fields.

However, he expected collaborations between 바카라사이트 two countries to be maintained because individual academics will always want to carry on working with leading people in 바카라사이트ir field.

¡°We¡¯re not in a Cold War situation with China, and 바카라사이트 Chinese are doing some great stuff,¡± he?said.

patrick.jack@ws-2000.com