An Analysis of Research Funding and Research Impact in G8 Countries, Taiwan and China

• Main Authors: Mei-Jhen Huang, 黃玫溱
• Other Authors: 黃慕萱
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6y3ea8

博士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 圖書資訊學研究所 === 106 === This study analyzed the journal articles from the G8 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States), Taiwan and China to identify the distribution of research funding, funding agencies and research impact. The research data was collected from Web of Science database and the subject fields were limited to agriculture, clinical medicine, engineering, life sciences, and natural sciences. 3,083,105 funded articles and 1,526,415 unfunded articles published between 2009 and 2014 were used. The results showed that over half of all research articles in all countries received research funding, and the funded paper ratios increased each year. The United States and China had the highest number of funded papers, and both countries had a sponsorship surplus with other countries. In addition, the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) were the major multifunding agencies. Furthermore, life sciences had the highest proportion of funded papers among the field’s total paper output, while clinical medicine had the lowest funded paper ratio. Regarding the research impact, the average number of citations per funded paper was almost two times the number of unfunded paper, with statistically significant difference observed. The average number of citations for international collaborative funded papers was more than for internal collaborative ones. Among five types of funding agencies, industry-funded papers were cited most often. In addition, China and Taiwan had high funding ratios, while receiving low average citation counts per funded paper, in contrast to the United Kingdom.