Figure3.43presents the comparison on the averages of CSSCI articles between
985Us and non-985Us. It can be seen from thefigure, the differences on the CSSCI
average are narrowed in 2010.
Figure3.44presents the comparison on the averages of Monographs between
985Us and non-985Us. It can be seen from thefigure, the differences between the
two types of universities are basically stable.
Figure3.45presents the comparison on the averages of Reports between 985Us
and non-985Us. It can be seen from thefigure, the differences between these two
types of universities are narrowed, from 85.73 in 2006 to 32.02 in 2010.
3.3.3 Status and Change of Research Outputs in 211Us
by Location
3.3.3.1 NEAM Disciplines
In order to compare the research output performance of NEAM disciplines between
211Us by their locations, we follow the classifications we used in the previous
sections, and calculate their averages on each indicator for every group of uni-
versities. See Table3.23for details.
We can obtain severalfindings from Table3.23. (1) On three indicators of
Patents, SCI and EI, 211Us located in all regions are on the steadily rising trend
during thefive-year period. (2) On the indicator of CSCD, there exist considerably
differences between areas. The eastern 211Us are generally in the downtrend,
despite of somefluctuations in certain years; the central 211Us are relatively stable;
and the western 211Us are generally on the uptrend, despite of somefluctuations in
certain years. (3) On the indicator of TOPESI, 211Us located in all areas are
basically on the up-trend, despite of somefluctuations in certain years. (4) On the
indicator of Monographs, the volume and yearly increment of 211Us located in
most areas don’t show much variation.
In fact, 211Us located in different regions are considerably different in the yearly
change rates of NEAM research outputs. We also calculate the yearly change rate of
each indicator in Table3.24.
It can be found in Table3.24, the number of Patents, SCI articles, and EI articles
of 211Us located in most regions are increasing. By contrast, the growth rate of
CSCD articles of the eastern 211Us is much lower than that of central or western
211Us, but their growth rate of TOPESI is larger than that of central or western
211Us. The growth rates of Monographs in most areas experience considerable
fluctuations.
In order to illustrate more visually the agglomeration effect of NEAM research
outputs in eastern 211Us, we further divide it into three areas, Jing-Jin-Ji,
Hu-Su-Zhe and other. We plot the averages of each indicator in Figs.3.46,3.47,
3.48,3.49,3.50and3.51.
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