7.1.3.2 Research Efficiency of 985Us and Non-985Us
(1) NEAM Disciplines
Overall, for either 985Us or non-985Us, their DEA-efficient proportion is not
high enough, and more than half need to improve their research efficiency. After
computing thefive-year means of research efficiency scores, we estimated the
proportion of universities whose average efficiency scores achieving the efficient
status in 985Us and non-985Us, and found that the efficient proportion of 985Us is
8.4% lower than that of non-985Us.
By further analysis, we canfind that before 2008, the research efficiency of
985Us are higher than those of non-985Us, but after 2008, the TE scores of both
groups are basically in the same trend, as a result of the relative stability of
non-985Us, and the considerable fluctuations in 985Us. Moreover, the
between-university gaps on the TE scores of non-985Us are much greater than
those of 985Us, which to some extent reflects that in the non-985 sample, their
NEAM research efficiency have to pay more attention to the between-university
balance.(2) HSS Disciplines
For either 985Us or non-985Us, their proportions of DEA-efficient universities
are low, but the annual changes of these two groups of universities are rather
different. Over the period, the DEA-efficient proportion of 985Us steadily increases,
and the DEA-efficient proportion of non-985Usfirst increases and then decreases.
After computing thefive-year means of research efficiency scores, we estimated the
proportion of universities whose average efficiency scores achieving the efficient
status in 985Us and non-985Us, and found that the efficient proportion of 985Us is
7.4% higher than that of non-985Us.
Besides, to either 985Us or non-985Us, their TE scores andfive-year means are
all at a low level, reflecting that most universities have more rooms to improve their
HSS research efficiency. Furthermore, in the conditions of low scores in TE and
between-university gaps for both 985Us and non-985Us, the between-university
gaps on TE of non-985Us are less than those of 985Us, which demonstrates a low
level of balance.7.1.3.3 Research Efficiency by University Location
(1) NEAM Disciplines
In 2006–2010, TE scores of eastern 211Us are slightly higher than those of
central or western 211Us. The research efficiency of western 211Us are in the
steady uptrend, while the research efficiency of central 211Us are in the downtrend.
Inside eastern 211Us, there are substantial regional gaps. TE scores of JUs and
HSZUs are obviously higher than those of OUs, and the TE scores of OUs are not7.1 Concluding Remarks 293