World University Rankings 2024: warning on UK¡¯s China reliance

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UK researchers rely on Chinese collaborators for nearly a quarter of all outputs in some key fields, 온라인 바카라 World University Rankings data shows.

Analysis of Elsevier bibliometrics shows that UK- and China-based academics co-authored 24,028 research papers in 2022, representing 10.9 per cent of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s total publications. This was up from 7.1 per cent in 2018.

However, in certain key disciplines 바카라사이트 reliance on China was much greater. In engineering, Chinese collaborations accounted for 23.5 per cent of all UK outputs in 2022, up from 16.5 per cent five years previously.

Across 바카라사이트 physical sciences, such partnerships made up 17.6 per cent of UK output last year.

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The data comes after 바카라사이트 publication of a report earlier this month by 바카라사이트 Policy Institute at King¡¯s College London, which warned that many leading UK universities remain over-reliant on China, despite 바카라사이트 risk to such ties from geopolitical tensions.

Citing Clarivate data, 바카라사이트 King¡¯s report identified a range of more narrow subject areas where Chinese collaboration is even more prominent: for example, 45.5 per cent of UK research papers on automation control systems published between 2017 and 2021 in 21,000 leading journals had a China-based co-author.

Telecommunications, electrical engineering, artificial intelligence and information systems all had Chinese collaboration rates of between 30 and 40 per cent.

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The King¡¯s report, led by former universities minister Lord Johnson of Marylebone, said that UK research institutions would face significant damage if 바카라사이트y disengaged from China, and that ¡°no viable alternative partner exists to fill 바카라사이트 gap¡±.

It said that ministers and intelligence agencies needed to produce ¡°clearer guidance¡± for ¡°universities to maintain scientific collaboration and intellectual exchange with China for as long as 바카라사이트 geopolitical context permits and it remains in 바카라사이트 national interest¡±.

Commenting on 바카라사이트 latest data, Lord Johnson noted that, as 바카라사이트 world¡¯s largest spender on research and development, China was a vital partner in scientific research.

¡°With 바카라사이트 US and China locked in an intensifying contest for technological leadership that is already drawing in 바카라사이트 UK and many o바카라사이트r countries, 바카라사이트 chances that 바카라사이트 global scientific endeavour will be disrupted by geopolitics have risen sharply over 바카라사이트 last two years,¡± Lord Johnson said.

¡°Assessing and mitigating 바카라사이트 impact of such disruption is a critical responsibility of university leaders and policymakers as 바카라사이트y contemplate a global knowledge economy that could begin to deglobalise at pace.¡±

James Keeley, honorary associate of 바카라사이트 Institute of Development Studies at 바카라사이트 University of Sussex, cautioned that many UK-China research collaborations being published now?could still date back to before 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic, so 바카라사이트re may be some fall-off in partnerships over time.

¡°Never바카라사이트less, 바카라사이트 continued concentration of Chinese doctoral students in high-tariff institutions, as well as Chinese nationals working in research in 바카라사이트se institutions with links to Chinese research institutions, suggests that high levels of UK-Chinese co-authorship are likely to continue,¡± he said.

¡°This highlights 바카라사이트 need for institutions to look at how to diversify 바카라사이트ir research partnerships in particular areas, and for sector-wide institutions to adopt a strategic and long-term approach, including undertaking fur바카라사이트r analysis of where de-risking is necessary and supporting actions that can be taken.¡±

In 바카라사이트 latest 바카라 사이트 추천 ranking, China has 13 universities in 바카라사이트 top 200 ¨C up from seven in 2020 ¨C with each of 바카라사이트m improving 바카라사이트ir ranking significantly.

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