fixed at 2.33 hereafter. (2) The university averages of R&D Staff and R&D Staff
with Senior Title are on a steadily rising trend. (3) R&D Grants (current year) is
also on a steadily rising trend by year, but after controlling for the difference on
university scale, the indicator R&D Grant per capita isfluctuant in 2010, but still on
a rising trend by year.
Coefficient of variation reflects the differences between universities. The coef-
ficient of variation of NK Disciplines and R&D Grants are much bigger, while the
coefficient of variation of those input indicators like R&D Staff and R&D Grants
per capita are relatively small. Besides, the coefficient of variation of every input
indicator is on a decreasing trend by year.
It’s much clearer to observe the change of each research input indicator for
211Us through calculating the yearly change rate of university average. The cal-
culations are presented in Table3.6.
It can be seen from Table3.6, that almost every research input indicator of HSS
disciplines is growing from 2007 to 2010, with an exception of R&D Grants per
capita dropping a little in 2010. Relatively speaking, R&D Grants grows much
faster during these years, while the growth rates of R&D Staff and Senior Title are
considerably slow.
In order to illustrate more visually the trend of research inputs in HSS disciplines
in 211Us, we plot the yearly averages of input indicators in line chart. Please see
Figs.3.5,3.6,3.7and3.8.
It can be seen from Figs.3.5and3.6, the university average of R&D staff is
growing steadily, from 374.78 in 2006 to 694.94 in 2010, with a peak of growth
Table 3.5 Sum and university average of research inputs (HSS)
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
NK disciplines 187 245 245 245 245
1.78 2.33 2.33 2.33 2.33
(2.39) (1.45) (1.45) (1.45) (1.45)
R&D staff 39,352 43,155 45,318 47,257 72,969
374.78 411 431.60 450.07 694.94
(0.85) (0.85) (0.86) (0.78) (0.84)
R&D staff with
senior title25,417 27,437 28,540 29,626 31,788
242.07 261.30 271.81 282.15 302.74
(0.90) (0.88) (0.91) (0.86) (0.80)
R&D grants
(¥1000)1,787,958.63 2,188,385.13 2,532,287.33 3,047,639.44 3,763,506.94
17,028.18 20,841.76 24,117.02 29,025.14 35,842.92
(1.27) (1.38) (1.31) (1.27) (1.27)
R&D grants per
capita (¥1000)4724.94 5323.61 5584.92 6217.7 5339.87
45.00 50.70 53.19 59.22 50.86
(0.75) (0.95) (0.75) (0.74) (0.76)
NoteTo every indicator, thefirst row is sum, the second is university average, the third with the
parentheses is coefficient of variation (%)
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