Speaking of this data, Shi Yigong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the former vice president of Tsinghua University, did not reveal his pride, but rather looked worried and stressed heavily. Why?
Some comments therefore stated that China’s scientific and technological strength has surpassed that of the United States. I am very worried. 'Speaking in five minutes or so, Shi Yigong said three times, 'Worried', and what he was worried about was the issue of scientific research evaluation.
At the 13th session of the CPPCC National Committee, when Shi Yigong was involved in the discussion of the "Government Work Report," he found that in the past five years, the number of domestic patents for effective inventions has tripled, and the amount of technology transactions has doubled.' To be more precise, suppose that the number of domestic effective invention patents has increased from 100 to 300, and the technological transaction volume has changed from 100 to 200. Then the amount of individual patent transactions actually does not increase, but drops, which is 66% five years ago. 'Shi Yigong's An account.
This data reflects the problem of the evaluation system of science and technology. According to Shi Yigong, in all units, regardless of promotion or performance, the number of patents, published articles, citations of articles, and influence factors of magazines published by the articles are taken as the standard. , And this trend has intensified.
'But these core scientific and technological evaluation indicators - the number of articles, the citation rate, the magazine's impact factor - can all be artificially improved. I think everyone knows what I mean by this sentence.'
He said that all schools and units have run magazines. If you want to increase the influence factor, you can use them to quote each other, quote more, and the 'impact factor' naturally increases. 'A country like China, wants to put these three indicators together. In my opinion, the paper is not enough to explain the strength of science and technology. In the United States there is no such evaluation method, but the scientific and technological strength is still leading. 'Therefore, the strength of thesis and science and technology are two different things. Everyone must separate. '
However, he also admits that digital indicators are important in all units, affecting awards, appraisals, and evaluations: “This is a contradiction. On the one hand, without these standards, how do we reflect the quality of scientific research? What do you do hard to do?
Some articles, popularly referred to as 'junk articles', are articles that are sent purely for writing. This is too much. 'When it comes to the 'useless' theory of the dissertation that emerged in the industry and in society, Shi Yigong expressed 'resolute opposition'. Without a thesis, how can we have science and technology? However, when the orientation of the essay is so strong, the negative impact of the position of appraisal is so great.
How to change the status quo? 'To tell the truth, I don't have a particularly good approach. If we have to make suggestions, we should further improve the scientific evaluation system. This requires the whole society to reach a consensus.' Shi Yigong introduced, the international common method is the reference. The opinion of the world's top experts: 'This is a 'specialist theory' approach. I do not comment on the pros and cons of this approach, but at least in many countries. If it is all experts in the field, By drawing lots to determine the evaluation committee, scientifically, such democracy cannot lead the development of science and health.'