The Rise of China and the Global Production of Scientific Knowledge” with Tianrui Mu
Abstract:
Scientific progress is more important than ever in tackling many cha llenges the world faces. Recently, the momentum for new developments has sh ifted eastward, in particular as China has dramatically expanded its resear ch capacity and scientific output. Today, China trails only the US as the w orld’s leading producer of high-quality scientific research. In this paper, we study how the rapid ascent of China as a new research power has affecte d worldwide production of scientific knowledge, focusing on the evolution o f scientific publications at world-leading universities during 1996-2016 an d exploiting patterns of research collaborations between institutions. We f ind that as China’s research capacity expands, universities that have stron ger historical links to China collaborate substantially more with China and also produce more scientific output in general, relative to those with wea ker links. These effects are heterogeneous across research fields and also across the quality of research publications. We explore the role of resourc e augmentation and knowledge spillover in explaining these findings.
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