A bibliometric study of China’s science and technology policies: 1949–2010

Cui Huang, Jun Su, Xiang Xie, Xuanting Ye, Zhang Li, Alan Porter and Jiang Li ()
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Cui Huang: Tsinghua University
Jun Su: Tsinghua University
Xiang Xie: Beijing Jiaotong University
Xuanting Ye: Tsinghua University
Zhang Li: Tsinghua University
Alan Porter: Georgia Institute of Technology
Jiang Li: Zhejiang University

Scientometrics, 2015, vol. 102, issue 2, No 22, 1539 pages

Abstract: Abstract This paper uses a bibliometric analysis method to probe into the evolution of China’s science and technology policies from 1949 to 2010, and the roles of core government agencies in policy-making. We obtained 4,707 Chinese S&T policies from GDIS, a Chinese public policy database provided by Tsinghua University. Co-word analysis and network analysis were applied in mapping the topics of S&T policies and collaboration among the agencies, while citation analysis was applied to assess the influence of S&T policies. Findings include: first, the focus of Chinese S&T policies is mainly on applied research and industrialization, rather than basic research; second, more and more government agencies are involved in making S&T policies, but collaboration efforts are not significantly increasing; last but not least, the influence of different S&T policies is determined by the administrative ranking of the policy-making agencies responsible for drafting those policies.

Keywords: S&T policy; China; Bibliometric analysis; Co-word analysis; Policy-making agency; Network analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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