International scientific collaboration of China: collaborating countries, institutions and individuals

• DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0877-4
• Publication Date: 2012-10-25T09:22:23Z
• Authors: Xianwen Wang; Shenmeng Xu; Zhi Wang; Lian Peng; Chuanli Wang
• Keywords: FOS: Computer and information sciences; Physics - Physics and Society; FOS: Physical sciences; Computer Science - Digital Libraries; Digital Libraries (cs.DL); Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)

11 pages,3 figures<br/>Using bibliometric methods, we investigate China's international scientific collaboration from 3 levels of collaborating countries, institutions and individuals. We design a database in SQL Server, and make analysis of Chinese SCI papers based on the corresponding author field. We find that China's international scientific collaboration is focused on a handful of countries. Nearly 95% international co-authored papers are collaborated with only 20 countries, among which the USA account for more than 40% of all. Results also show that Chinese lineage in the international co-authorship is obvious, which means Chinese immigrant scientists are playing an important role in China's international scientific collaboration, especially in English-speaking countries.<br/>