Performance evaluation of best universities in China's Mainland based on ESI  

作　　者：曹燕 Tong Hefeng Zhang Xu Chen Darzen Huang Muhsuan 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China [2]Department of Mechanical Engineering,National Taiwan University [3]Department of Library and Information Science,National Taiwan University

出　　处：《High Technology Letters》2013年第2期170-175,共6页高技术通讯（英文版）

基　　金：Supported by the National Natural Science Fund Program(No.71073153)

摘　　要：The research performance of top universities in China is revealed in this study and analyzed using the essential science indicators(ESI) database.Different types of bibliometric indicators are applied in this study,including publication output and impact indicators.This study finds that the academic performance of universities in China is advancing rapidly,with many universities coming out near the top of the rankings,especially in terms of quantity of papers.The quantitative performance of universities in China is remarkable.The research results show that there is a considerable gap between quality and quantity of research output at the top universities of China,with research influence concentrated on some specific fields for selected universities.Engineering,Chemistry and Material Science are the fields with relatively outstanding performance in the top universities.The research performance of top universities in China is revealed in this study and analyzed using the essential science indicators （ESI） database. Different types of bibliometric indicators are applied in this study, including publication output and impact indicators. This study finds that the academic performance of universities in China is advancing rapidly, with many universities coming out near the top of the rankings, especially in terms of quantity of papers. The quantitative perform- ance of universities in China is remarkable. The research results show that there is a considerable gap between quality and quantity of research output at the top universities of China, with research influence concentrated on some specific fields for selected universities. Engineering, Chemistry and Material Science are the fields with relatively outstanding performance in the top universities.

关 键 词：performance evaluation research universities bibliometric indicators essentialscience indicators （ESI） 

分 类 号：G311[文化科学]