The Geography of Chinese Science

David Andersson, Saileshsingh Gunessee, Christian Wichmann Matthiessen and Søren Find
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Christian Wichmann Matthiessen: Department of Geosciences and Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, København K 3460, Denmark
Søren Find: Technical University of Denmark, Anker Engelunds Vej 1, Kgs. Lyngby 2800, Denmark

Environment and Planning A, 2014, vol. 46, issue 12, 2950-2971

Abstract: Chinese scientific output has increased dramatically in recent years, but its internal spatial structure has received scant attention. Estimated gravity models of intercity scientific coauthorships show that there are two types of spatial political bias in China, apart from the expected mass and distance effects. Intercity coauthorships involving Beijing are more common than Beijing's output volume and location would imply, and this Beijing bias is increasing over time. The second type of spatial political bias is greater intraprovincial collaboration than is accounted for by size and distance. The geography of Chinese science is thus not only monocentric as regards overall scientific output, but also exhibits unusually hierarchical collaboration patterns. Unlike in Europe and North America, national and regional capitals are becoming ever more important as scientific coordination centers.

Keywords: scientific collaboration; network; China; spatial political bias (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1068/a130283p

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