increases with minor declines in some particular years, while the indicator of per
unit monographs is in the downtrend with minorfluctuations.7.1.3 Research Efficiency of 211Us.......................
We use DEA model to evaluate the relative efficiency of NEAM and HSS research
productions in 211Us separately, and make comparative analysis on 211Us’
research efficiency after dividing them into separate groups according to their types
and locations. Based on these works, we use the approach of projection analysis to
research the DEA-inefficient universities from the perspectives of input redundancy
and output improvement, aimed to look for the direction of improving the research
efficiency of Chinese research universities.7.1.3.1 Overall Status
(1) NEAM Disciplines
Overall speaking, to the NEAM research productions in 211Us from 2006 to
2010, their technical efficiencies, pure technical efficiencies, and scale efficiencies
are all at relative high levels, and the variations of these three indicators are small,
without obvious uptrend or downtrend. However, there are still more rooms for
these universities to improve their research efficiencies. According to the research
efficiency results of 2010, 65 and 63% of total 211Us should improve their TE and
SE respectively. More importantly, there are 56% of total 211Us operating in the
area of DRS, which means that these universities should stop increasing research
inputs, or enlarging research scales, in order to avoid possible wastes on research
resources. In fact, for most 211Us, it’s better to enhance their research capacities,
and operate in an intensified mode.(2) HSS Disciplines
In 2006–2010, to the HSS research productions in 211Us, their technical effi-
ciencies, pure technical efficiencies, and scale efficiencies are all at the moderate
levels, of which the TE and PTE are in the uptrend with minorfluctuations, and the
SE is in the slight downtrend. Overall, there are still much more rooms for HSS
disciplines in 211Us to improve their TE, PTE and SE. According to the research
efficiency results of 2010, 94 and 92% of total 211Us should improve their TE and
SE respectively. More importantly, there are around 45–55% of total 211Us
operating in the area of DRS, which means that these universities should stop
increasing the research inputs, or enlarging research scales. Besides, it’s found that
there are also around 40–50% of total 211Us operating in the area of IRS, who
might improve their efficiency through increasing research inputs or enlarging
research scales.292 7 Concluding Remarks and Policy Implications