Recently, the Institute of Science and Technology Strategy Consulting, the Literature and Intelligence Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Clarivate jointly held the "2020 Research Frontier Release and Seminar" in Beijing, and released the "2020 Research Frontier" report and the "2020 Research Frontier Hot Index" to the world.
On October 18, 2020, a graduate student from Sichuan Agricultural University was doing potato research. (Photo source: Xinhua News Agency)
China now ranks first in four major areas of scientific research in terms of academic activity and influence, trailing only the United States, which leads in seven, according to the report "Research Fronts 2020". The "2020 Research Frontier" report shows that in terms of academic activities and influence, the United States ranks first in seven fields, followed by China, leading globally in four fields.
[Word Explanation]
The trail here is used as a verb, which means "lag behind...", such as: After a kilometer, I trailed the other runners. (After one kilometer, I trailed the other runners). In addition, the word has the meaning of "track, track; drag, pull", etc., such as: The police are tracking the robbers. The dog's leash was trailing along the ground. Therefore, when used as a noun, it often means "traces, traces; paths", such as: a trail of blood, winding trail on the mountain, etc.
"Frontier Report" has been released every year since 2014. The "2020 Research Frontier" report splits previous fields of mathematics, computer science and engineering into two fields: mathematics and information science for the first time. It selects and demonstrates the agricultural sciences, botany and zoology, ecological and environmental sciences, geoscience, clinical medicine, biological sciences, chemistry materials science, physics, astronomy and astrophysics, mathematics, information science (mathematics), information science (information) 110 prominent frontier research topics and 38 emerging subjects in 11 major scientific fields, including economics, psychology and other social sciences.
"2020 Research Frontiers Hot Index" evaluates the performance of China, the United States, Britain, Germany, France, Japan and other countries in the above research frontiers based on the "2020 Research Frontiers".
This year, China leads the world in four major research categories: agricultural sciences, botany and zoology; chemistry and materials science; mathematics and information science. China also ranks second in ecological and environmental sciences; physics; social sciences including economics and psychology. This year, China is leading the world in four fields: "Agricultural Science, Botany and Zoology", "Chemistry and Materials Science", "Mathematics" and "Information Science"; ranking second in social science fields such as "ecological and environmental science", "physics", and "economics" and "psychology".
However, China is notably behind other scientific powerhouses in clinical medicine and astronomy and astrophysics, ranking at 12th and 8th, respectively.
However, China has a clear gap with other technological powerhouses in clinical medicine, astronomy and astrophysics, ranking 12th and 8th respectively.
[Related words]
World science frontier global science frontiers
Basic research basic research sci-tech innovation capability sci-tech innovation capability
Promote key core technologies research in important areas advance research on core technologies in important areas1
Reference source: China Daily, China Network
(China Daily Network English Dot Tianjin Helen)
Source: China Daily Network
