Exclusive: Technology Assessment

Practice and challenge of international research evaluation: A case study of research evaluation of CAS Centers for Excellence

  • XU Fang ,
  • LI Bi ,
  • CUI Shengxian ,
  • ZHOU Changhai ,
  • LI Xiaoxuan
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  • 1. Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100090, China;
    2. School of Public Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100090, China;
    3. Evaluation and Award Division, Bureau of Development Planning, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100090, China

Received date: 2019-05-14

  Revised date: 2019-07-31

  Online published: 2019-10-19

Abstract

Today's orientation of science and technology evaluation in China has changed to pursuing excellence and encouraging science and technology to promote development. One of the policies is to encourage international peer review in science and technology evaluation. However the theoretical and methodological research on international peer review is still in its infancy. Therefore, this paper firstly proposes a few key questions about international peer review, and then studies a case of research evaluation of CAS Centers for Excellence to answer these questions. Further, this paper puts forward some thoughts and prospects for China's future international evaluation.

Cite this article

XU Fang , LI Bi , CUI Shengxian , ZHOU Changhai , LI Xiaoxuan . Practice and challenge of international research evaluation: A case study of research evaluation of CAS Centers for Excellence[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2019 , 37(19) : 50 -57 . DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2019.19.007

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