It’s observable from Table4.40that, on the indicator of CSSCI articles, the
increasable proportion of DEA-inefficient western 211Us is lower than that of
eastern or central 211Us in 2006 and 2007, while it becomes higher than that of
eastern or central 211Us after 2008. Thefive-year averages of eastern, central and
western 211Us are 29.67, 48.13, and 49.37% respectively. Inside eastern 211Us,
the increasable proportion of HSZUs is much lower than that of JUs or OUs, in
2006 – 2010, and thefive-year averages of JUs, HSZUs and OUs are 50.09, 2.61,
and 28.40% respectively. From Fig.4.30, we can observe that, in 2006–2010, the
increasable proportion of eastern 211Usfirst decreases then increases, and that of
western 211Us is basically in the uptrend, that of western 211Usfirst decreases
slightly then increases heavily and then decreases slightly again. Inside eastern
211Us, the increasable proportion of JUsfirst decreases then increases, and that of
HSZUsfirst increases slowly and then decreases slowly, while that of HSZUsfirst
increases then decreases heavily.
4.3 Conclusions..........................................
4.3.1 NEAM Disciplines...............................
4.3.1.1 Efficiency Status of Research Production in 211Us
According to the empirical results in this chapter, in the period of 2006–2010, the
proportion of overall technically efficient 211Us is around 33–43%, and the pro-
portion of scale efficient 211Us is around 35–40%, with 10–15% of all universities
operating in the area of increasing returns to scale (IRS), and 45–55% operating in
Fig. 4.30 Average increasable amount of CSSCI articles of DEA-inefficient units by university
location (HSS)
158 4 Evaluation on Research Efficiency of 211Us: The DEA Approach