Production and productivity of Chinese scientists as a function of their age: the period 1995-1999

摘要

Based on the 1995-1999 data from the Chinese Science Citation database (CSCD) this article investigates the year-by-year age distribution of scientific and technological personnel publishing in China. It is shown that the "Talent Fault" originating during the Cultural Revolution still exists, and that a new gap resulting from recent brain drain might be developing. The purpose of this work is to provide necessary information about the current situation and especially me existing problems of the S&T workforce. We hope that our discussion win help science policy makers to make more adequate use of existing talent by restructuring and optimizing the scientific environment. Such an environment should foster a contingency of talent fitting in the highly competitive environment of the new century.