Global pattern of science funding in economics
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- 作者：Star X. Zhao ; Shuang Yu ; Alice M. Tan ; Xin Xu ; Haiyan Yu
- 关键词：Research funding ; Economics ; Bibliometrics ; Citation analysis ; Scientific collaboration networks ; Information networks
- 刊名：Scientometrics
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：October 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：109
- 期：1
- 页码：463-479
- 全文大小：1,343 KB
- 刊物主题：Information Storage and Retrieval; Library Science; Interdisciplinary Studies;
- 出版者：Springer Netherlands
- ISSN：1588-2861
- 卷排序：109
文摘
Based on the original data of 100,275 SSCI indexed papers in the field of economics in 2009–2014, this work applied scientometrics and network analysis methods to study the funding pattern of funding ratio, impacts, indices’ relationship and collaboration structure in major countries/territories. Results show that, unlike the notable standing of economics, the global funding ratio of economics in 2009–2014 is just 8.3 %, much lower than the average level of social sciences. Although USA seems to be far ahead in the innovation of economics, the coverage of its science funding has been not widespread. By contrast, the funding ratio of China ranks highest, but the effect of funding needs to be strengthened. We observe an approximate power–law relationship among three basic measures of funded economics papers, including citations, total numbers and h-indexes. The cooperation researches in economics present a key structure of three main components: USA as the central part, a core group of Asia Pacific and another core group of Europe. The collaboration pattern of continents is largely based on the connection between Europe and USA.