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Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery  2022, Vol. 6 Issue (9): 14-26    DOI: 10.11925/infotech.2096-3467.2021.1439
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Analyzing Characteristics of ESI Discipline Distribution in China, U.S. and U.K. with Sub-Disciplines and Text Contents
Zhang Wanshu1,Yao Haitao2,Wang Xuefeng1()
1School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
2School of Business, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau 999078, China
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Abstract  

[Objective] This paper examines the highly cited papers from ESI, aiming to identify the characteristics of their discipline distributions in China, the United States and the United Kingdom. [Methods] First, we merged the sub-disciplines and text contents based on the general framework of biodiversity. Then, we constructed three indicators of discipline variety, discipline balance and discipline disparity. Finally, we analyzed the changing of indicators over a five-year-period. [Results] There is a gap between China and the United States or the United Kingdom in the diversity of Social Sciences and Biomedical Sciences, in the balance of Engineering, Mathematics, as well as Environment & Ecology, and in the disparity of Computer Sciences, Geosciences, Botanic and Animal Sciences. However, some indicators showed an upward trend. [Limitations] More research is needed to examine the threshold of discipline coverages, as well as the contribution differences due to the order of authors’ nationalities. [Conclusions] Our study finds the differences between China, the United States or the United Kingdom in the distribution of research disciplines, which benefits discipline evaluation and future developments.

Key wordsDiscipline Distribution      Discipline Variety      Discipline Balance      Essential Science Indicator(ESI)      Discipline Disparity     
Received: 22 December 2021      Published: 26 October 2022
ZTFLH:  G353  
Corresponding Authors: Wang Xuefeng,ORCID:0000-0002-4857-6944     E-mail: wxf5122@bit.edu.cn

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Zhang Wanshu, Yao Haitao, Wang Xuefeng. Analyzing Characteristics of ESI Discipline Distribution in China, U.S. and U.K. with Sub-Disciplines and Text Contents. Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery, 2022, 6(9): 14-26.

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https://manu44.magtech.com.cn/Jwk_infotech_wk3/EN/10.11925/infotech.2096-3467.2021.1439     OR     https://manu44.magtech.com.cn/Jwk_infotech_wk3/EN/Y2022/V6/I9/14

Correspondence Between “Systems-Category-Elements” in Diversity Framework
Data Acquisition and Processing
大类 ESI学科 高被引论文数量 高被引论文占比
中国 美国 英国 中国 美国 英国
工学 COMPUTER SCIENCE 2 135 1 199 543 4.78% 1.59% 2.00%
ENGINEERING 7 554 3 475 1 389 16.90% 4.60% 5.12%
MATERIALS SCIENCE 5 751 3 702 620 12.87% 4.90% 2.29%
理学 CHEMISTRY 7 668 5 559 1 261 17.15% 7.36% 4.65%
MATHEMATICS 2 124 1 260 321 4.75% 1.67% 1.18%
PHYSICS 3 249 5 085 1 570 7.27% 6.73% 5.79%
SPACE SCIENCE 251 1 245 692 0.56% 1.65% 2.55%
环境科学 AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES 1 194 1 124 367 2.67% 1.49% 1.35%
ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY 2 079 2 482 1 174 4.65% 3.28% 4.33%
GEOSCIENCES 1 718 2 790 1 131 3.84% 3.69% 4.17%
PLANT & ANIMAL SCIENCE 1 698 3 021 1 289 3.80% 4.00% 4.75%
社会科学 ECONOMICS & BUSINESS 469 1 744 614 1.05% 2.31% 2.26%
PSYCHIATRY/PSYCHOLOGY 301 2 770 1 163 0.67% 3.66% 4.29%
SOCIAL SCIENCES, GENERAL 1 140 5 155 2 373 2.55% 6.82% 8.75%
生物医学科学 BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY 1 235 4 258 1 235 2.76% 5.63% 4.55%
CLINICAL MEDICINE 3 498 18 660 7 682 7.83% 24.69% 28.31%
IMMUNOLOGY 330 1 692 532 0.74% 2.24% 1.96%
MICROBIOLOGY 341 1 252 340 0.76% 1.66% 1.25%
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & GENETICS 810 3 566 970 1.81% 4.72% 3.58%
NEUROSCIENCE & BEHAVIOR 416 3 617 1 244 0.93% 4.79% 4.59%
PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY 690 1 748 571 1.54% 2.31% 2.10%
其他 MULTIDISCIPLINARY 48 176 50 0.11% 0.23% 0.18%
总计 44 699 75 580 27 131 100% 100% 100%
ESI Category Distribution of High Cited Papers in China, US and UK
Number of WC Under ESI Category After Matching
国家 平均值 中位数 偏度 低于1%占比 低于5%占比 低于10%占比 低于20%占比
中国 22.61% 17.00% 0.872 6.57% 15.71% 34.28% 54.57%
美国 42.46% 42.00% 0.096 1.14% 1.14% 2.29% 11.14%
英国 16.23% 15.00% 0.456 2.57% 7.71% 29.14% 66.00%
Proportion of High Cited Papers Under ESI-WC
Histogram and Normal Fitting Curve of Proportion of High Cited Papers Under ESI-WC
类别 ESI学科 中国 美国 英国
多样性 均衡性 差异性 多样性 均衡性 差异性 多样性 均衡性 差异性
工学 COMPUTER SCIENCE 1.00 0.53 0.88 1.00 0.55 0.92 1.00 0.54 0.91
ENGINEERING 1.00 0.37 0.96 1.00 0.44 0.96 0.97 0.45 0.97
MATERIALS SCIENCE 0.95 0.25 0.87 0.95 0.24 0.89 0.50 0.30 0.87
理学 CHEMISTRY 1.00 0.27 0.93 1.00 0.28 0.94 0.67 0.24 0.96
MATHEMATICS 0.86 0.26 0.90 1.00 0.39 0.94 0.57 0.63 0.88
PHYSICS 1.00 0.31 0.93 0.95 0.36 0.92 0.85 0.36 0.94
环境
科学
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES 1.00 0.34 0.93 1.00 0.39 0.95 0.75 0.39 0.97
ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY 0.94 0.16 0.95 1.00 0.31 0.95 1.00 0.30 0.95
GEOSCIENCES 0.94 0.45 0.90 1.00 0.38 0.93 1.00 0.33 0.95
PLANT & ANIMAL SCIENCE 0.82 0.27 0.95 1.00 0.38 0.97 1.00 0.42 0.97
社会
科学
ECONOMICS & BUSINESS 0.77 0.40 0.92 0.92 0.36 0.92 0.92 0.35 0.92
PSYCHIATRY/PSYCHOLOGY 0.41 0.30 0.93 1.00 0.41 0.94 0.94 0.36 0.95
SOCIAL SCIENCES, GENERAL 0.45 0.45 0.94 1.00 0.40 0.98 0.98 0.37 0.98
生物医学
科学
BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY 0.79 0.47 0.94 0.93 0.47 0.95 1.00 0.41 0.97
CLINICAL MEDICINE 0.85 0.32 0.98 1.00 0.31 0.98 1.00 0.30 0.99
IMMUNOLOGY 0.71 0.43 0.88 1.00 0.24 0.95 1.00 0.30 0.94
MICROBIOLOGY 1.00 0.34 0.96 1.00 0.26 0.93 0.83 0.34 0.96
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY& GENETICS 0.92 0.26 0.92 1.00 0.22 0.90 1.00 0.26 0.94
NEUROSCIENCE & BEHAVIOR 0.60 0.28 0.91 1.00 0.20 0.94 1.00 0.23 0.95
PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY 0.93 0.30 0.93 1.00 0.21 0.95 0.86 0.25 0.96
Discipline Variety, Discipline Balance, Discipline Disparity of China, the US and the UK
Indicator Comparison of ESI Category in Engineering Sciences
Indicator Comparison of ESI Category in Physical Sciences
Indicator Comparison of ESI Category in Environmental Sciences
Indicator Comparison of ESI Category in Social Sciences
Indicator Comparison of ESI Category in Biomedical Sciences
Trend of Indicators in Engineering Sciences
Trend of Indicators in Physical Sciences
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