The geography of Chinese science
Chinese scientific output has increased dramatically in recent years, but its internal spatial structure has received scant attention. Estimated gravity models of intercity scientific co-authorships show that there are two types of spatial political bias in China, apart from the expected mass and di...
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| author | Andersson, David Emanuel Find, Søren Gunessee, Saileshsingh Matthiessen, Christian Wichmann |
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| description | Chinese scientific output has increased dramatically in recent years, but its internal spatial structure has received scant attention. Estimated gravity models of intercity scientific co-authorships show that there are two types of spatial political bias in China, apart from the expected mass and distance effects. Intercity co-authorships 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 intra-provincial 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. |
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| spelling | nottingham-563912019-04-01T13:01:19Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/56391/ The geography of Chinese science Andersson, David Emanuel Find, Søren Gunessee, Saileshsingh Matthiessen, Christian Wichmann Chinese scientific output has increased dramatically in recent years, but its internal spatial structure has received scant attention. Estimated gravity models of intercity scientific co-authorships show that there are two types of spatial political bias in China, apart from the expected mass and distance effects. Intercity co-authorships 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 intra-provincial 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. SAGE Publications 2014-12-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/56391/1/The%20Geography%20of%20Chinese%20Science%20-%20AAM.pdf Andersson, David Emanuel, Find, Søren, Gunessee, Saileshsingh and Matthiessen, Christian Wichmann (2014) The geography of Chinese science. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 46 (12). pp. 2950-2971. ISSN 0308-518X scientific collaboration; network ; China; spatial political bias https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1068/a130283p doi:10.1068/a130283p doi:10.1068/a130283p |
| spellingShingle | scientific collaboration; network ; China; spatial political bias Andersson, David Emanuel Find, Søren Gunessee, Saileshsingh Matthiessen, Christian Wichmann The geography of Chinese science |
| title | The geography of Chinese science |
| title_full | The geography of Chinese science |
| title_fullStr | The geography of Chinese science |
| title_full_unstemmed | The geography of Chinese science |
| title_short | The geography of Chinese science |
| title_sort | geography of chinese science |
| topic | scientific collaboration; network ; China; spatial political bias |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/56391/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/56391/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/56391/ |