Abbreviations
ARWU Academic Ranking of World Universities (or Shanghai
Jiao Tong Ranking)
CSCD Chinese Science Citation Database
CSSCI Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index
DEA Data Envelopment Analysis
EI The Engineering Index
ESI Essential Science Index
HEI Higher Education Institution
HSS Humanity and Social Sciences
HSZ Hu-Su-Zhe areas (or Shanghai City, Jiangsu Province, and
Zhejiang Province)
HU 211 universities located in Hu-Su-Zhe areas
ISTP Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings
JJJ Jing-Jin-Ji Areas (or Beijing City, Tianjin City, and Heibei
Province)
JQ Jie Qing (National Science Fund for Distinguished Young
Scholar)
JU 211 universities located in Jing-Jin-Ji areas
MOE China Ministry of Education
NEAM Natural, Engineering, Agriculture, and Medicine Sciences
OU 211 universities located in Eastern China other than
Jing-Jin-Ji or Hu-Su-Zhe areas
SCI Science Citation Index
SFA Stochastic Frontier Analysis
SSCI Social Sciences Citation Index
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