Purpose: To present a method for systematically mapping diversity of publication patterns at the author level in the social sciences and humanities in terms of publication type, publication language and co-authorship....Purpose: To present a method for systematically mapping diversity of publication patterns at the author level in the social sciences and humanities in terms of publication type, publication language and co-authorship.Design/methodology/approach: In a follow-up to the hard partitioning clustering by Verleysen and Weeren in 2016, we now propose the complementary use of fuzzy cluster analysis, making use of a membership coefficient to study gradual differences between publication styles among authors within a scholarly discipline. The analysis of the probability density function of the membership coefficient allows to assess the distribution of publication styles within and between disciplines.Findings: As an illustration we analyze 1,828 productive authors affiliated in Flanders, Belgium. Whereas a hard partitioning previously identified two broad publication styles, an international one vs. a domestic one, fuzzy analysis now shows gradual differences among authors. Internal diversity also varies across disciplines and can be explained by researchers’ specialization and dissemination strategies.Research limitations: The dataset used is limited to one country for the years 2000–2011; a cognitive classification of authors may yield a different result from the affiliation-based classification used here.Practical implications: Our method is applicable to other bibliometric and research evaluation contexts, especially for the social sciences and humanities in non-Anglophone countries.Originality/value: The method proposed is a novel application of cluster analysis to the field of bibliometrics. Applied to publication patterns at the author level in the social sciences and humanities, for the first time it systematically documents intra-disciplinary diversity.展开更多
In the early twentieth century, Marxism was propagated into Vietnam through patriotic intellectuals. After the propagation into Vietnam, Marxism not only influenced national liberation movements, but also profoundly a...In the early twentieth century, Marxism was propagated into Vietnam through patriotic intellectuals. After the propagation into Vietnam, Marxism not only influenced national liberation movements, but also profoundly affected scholars, particularly scholars of social science. In fact, many of well-known Vietnamese scholars have relied on Marxism’s theory of social existence and social consciousness, infrastructure and superstructure, practical concept, concept of class struggle, etc. to comment on poetry, history, language, geography, philosophy, etc. In other words, the scholars have applied Marxist methodology to explore and study cultural and social life in Vietnam; and in that way, a generation of Marxist researchers in the field of social sciences has been formed. After the renovation of the country, the Government of Vietnam has implemented its policy of openness and international integration, and scholars have been therefore able to receive many other Western ideals and cultures, and the Marxist methodology was not the only one used in social science research. Consequently, some people expressed their skepticism about the role of Marxist methodology in academic research in Vietnam, even completely denied the historical significance of Marxist methodology to the academia in Vietnam. This article is intended, through Vietnamese Marxist scholars, especially the ones in the field of social sciences prior to 1986 （i.e., prior to the renovation of the country） to demonstrate the historical significance of the Marxist methodology to the Vietnamese academia. It is clear that the penetration of the Marxism and the Marxist methodology into Vietnam have created a revolution in the field of academic research （primarily in the field of social science）. It has promoted academicresearch from conservative toward innovative, from traditional to modern. With the presence of the French colonialism as well as the French culture, the Marxism and the Marxist methodology helped Vietnamese scholars break away from Chinese Confucian scholarship and shift to systematic scholarly studies based on practical bases, scientific bases and modern methods. Although there are still some certain drawbacks, it cannot be denied that the Marxism and the Marxist methodology have played an important role in the formation and development of modern social sciences in Vietnam today.展开更多
Based on analyses on existing indicators for evaluating journals in the humanities and social sciences and our experience in constructing the Chinese Social Science Citation Index(CSSCI), we proposed a comprehensive s...Based on analyses on existing indicators for evaluating journals in the humanities and social sciences and our experience in constructing the Chinese Social Science Citation Index(CSSCI), we proposed a comprehensive system for evaluating Chinese academic journals in the humanities and social sciences. This system constitutes 8 primary indicators and 17 sub-indicators for multidisciplinary journals and 19 sub-indicators for discipline-specific journals. Each indicator or sub-indicator is assigned a suitable weight according to its importance in terms of measuring a journal's academic quality and/or impact.展开更多
On October 9, a delegation of Chinese academics led by Professor Jin Bei, Director of the Institute of Industrial Economics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, traveled to Sweden as the vips of Stockholm Univ...On October 9, a delegation of Chinese academics led by Professor Jin Bei, Director of the Institute of Industrial Economics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, traveled to Sweden as the vips of Stockholm University for one week, a trip that happened to coincide with the awarding of the Nobel prize in economics. On the afternoons of October 10th and October 12th, the delegation had the privilege to have two conversations with Per Krusell, Chairman of the Nobel Committee and a renowned professor at the Institute for International Economic Studies （lIES） at Stockholm University. Dr. Krusell, originally from Sweden, has taught at several of the world＇s leading universities, including Princeton University.展开更多
Improving humanistic quality is the basis and starting point of implementing quality education and one of the effective ways to cultivate qualified personnel in high education in China.Therefore,college English is not...Improving humanistic quality is the basis and starting point of implementing quality education and one of the effective ways to cultivate qualified personnel in high education in China.Therefore,college English is not only a language course,but also a quality education course which can broaden the horizon of knowledge among college students.College English should give full consideration to the cultivation of students’cultural quality,impart international cultural knowledge,and make full preparations for students’future study so as to prepare students for social development.Based on the case study of“Advanced English Listening&Speaking”in University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences(UCASS),the present paper claims that with proper selection of teaching material and carefully designed teaching methods,language learning and the improvement of humanistic quality can be effectively combined together.展开更多
With the common trend of integration and accelerated industrialization-modernization,especially in the context of the current Industrial Revolution 4.0,the South is one of the areas where there are situations and requ...With the common trend of integration and accelerated industrialization-modernization,especially in the context of the current Industrial Revolution 4.0,the South is one of the areas where there are situations and requirements especially for training and research in social sciences in general,sociology in particular.Because,the issue is not only to contribute to the early recovery of the―human resource valley‖(specializing in the South West),facilitating the rapid development of human resources for―investment policy‖and early implementation of the―zoning,planning‖but also by many other economic,social,and cultural issues of the whole region…All have been asked to promote the training and applied research in sociology,especially in specialized sociology to contribute to the linking and promoting the active role of the social sciences with strategic issues and strategies related to the practical development of this land both in the immediate future and in the long run.展开更多
Purpose:This study intends to evaluate the regional tendencies of research collaboration of social sciences in China,and shows the pattern of China’s inter-regional research collaboration(IRRC).Design/methodology/app...Purpose:This study intends to evaluate the regional tendencies of research collaboration of social sciences in China,and shows the pattern of China’s inter-regional research collaboration(IRRC).Design/methodology/approach:By using 10 years’ data of 150 economic journals in CNKI database,this paper used the Salton index as the indicator to measure the collaborative intensity of 31 regions in China.Findings:First,regional tendencies of research collaboration in social sciences do exist in China.Second,there is a positive correlation between collaborative tendency and regional scientific productivity.Every region would like to cooperate with high productive regions,and high productive regions tend to have collaborations within the region itself.Third,geographical proximity is an important factor affecting China’s IRRC.Research limitations:There are many other important external conditions which may affect research collaboration,but not all of them have been taken into account in this research.Practical implications:The proposed method can be also applied to detect cooperation preference of different authors,scientific research institutions and countries.And the study will help us understand the importance of distance in scholarly cooperation.Originality/value:Previous researches proved that regional research collaborations exist in natural sciences in China,while this research showed that the same phenomenon also appears in social sciences in China.展开更多
The Action Plan for High-Quality Development of Philosophy and Social Sciences in Universities for 2035,jointly issued by the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC)and the ...The Action Plan for High-Quality Development of Philosophy and Social Sciences in Universities for 2035,jointly issued by the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC)and the Ministry of Education,points out that"we should promote universities to give full play to the advantages of the new national system,and accelerate the construction of China's independent knowledge system with'organized scientific research'"[1].The arrival of the era of digital intelligence brings new opportunities and challenges to organized scientific research in China's universities.Through empirical research,the research group conducts a detailed analysis on the connotation,status quo,and constraints of organized scientific research in universities and colleges in the era of digital intelligence,and finds that there are problems such as scientific research management mechanism,scientific research data sharing,and scientific research resource allocation.Aiming at this problem,the study proposes to do a good job of strategic planning for digital transformation,establish a mechanism for collaboration and innovation in scientific research,improve the strategy of resource allocation and optimization,formulate a new code of ethics for scientific research,and build a system for training digitally-intelligent talents in order to improve the efficiency of organized scientific research in the era of digital intelligence.展开更多
Neglected Tropical Diseases(NTDs)are both drivers and manifestations of poverty and social inequality.Increased advocacy efforts since the mid-2000s have led to ambitious new control and elimination targets set for 20...Neglected Tropical Diseases(NTDs)are both drivers and manifestations of poverty and social inequality.Increased advocacy efforts since the mid-2000s have led to ambitious new control and elimination targets set for 2020 by the World Health Organisation.While these global aspirations represent significant policy momentum,there are multifaceted challenges in controlling infectious diseases in resource-poor local contexts that need to be acknowledged,understood and engaged.However a number of recent publications have emphasised the“neglected”status of applied social science research on NTDs.In light of the 2020 targets,this paper explores the social science/NTD literature and unpacks some of the ways in which social inquiry can help support effective and sustainable interventions.Five priority areas are discussed,including on policy processes,health systems capacity,compliance and resistance to interventions,education and behaviour change,and community participation.The paper shows that despite the multifaceted value of having anthropological and sociological perspectives integrated into NTD programmes,contemporary efforts underutilise this potential.This is reflective of the dominance of top-down information flows and technocratic approaches in global health.To counter this tendency,social research needs to be more than an afterthought;integrating social inquiry into the planning,monitoring and evaluating process will help ensure that flexibility and adaptability to local realities are built into interventions.More emphasis on social science perspectives can also help link NTD control to broader social determinants of health,especially important given the major social and economic inequalities that continue to underpin transmission in endemic countries.展开更多
In trying to explain why Hong Kong of China ranks highest in life expectancy in the world,we review what various experts are hypothesizing,and how data science methods may be used to provide more evidence-based conclu...In trying to explain why Hong Kong of China ranks highest in life expectancy in the world,we review what various experts are hypothesizing,and how data science methods may be used to provide more evidence-based conclusions.While more data become available,we find some data analysis studies were too simplistic,while others too overwhelming in answering this challenging question.We find the approach that analyzes life expectancy related data(mortality causes and rate for different cohorts)inspiring,and use this approach to study a carefully selected set of targets for comparison.In discussing the factors that matter,we argue that it is more reasonable to try to identify a set of factors that together explain the phenomenon.展开更多
Questionnaires and interviews are employed in this paper to investigate and analyze the situation with respect to express packaging waste at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences(GCASS).The sur...Questionnaires and interviews are employed in this paper to investigate and analyze the situation with respect to express packaging waste at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences(GCASS).The survey results show that:(1)the campus receives a large number of express packages and there is,in turn,a considerable amount of packaging waste;(2)there are four main types of express packaging materials:paper packaging,plastic bags,wrapping tapes and package fillers;(3)neither the students nor the school perform well in the recycling of express packaging waste;(4)the samples investigated in this paper can be divided into four categories by cluster analysis,and the author infers from this that the colleges and universities with a large proportion of female students should pay more attention to the issue of recycling of express packaging waste.Several suggestions are presented based on the research results:(1)establishing a campus waste recycling system is the most efficient way to solve the problem of express packaging waste at GCASS;(2)we should advocate for green packaging and manage it from the source of waste generation because most of the express packaging material does not easily degrade naturally,and this represents a huge hidden danger to human health and the environment;(3)the school should cultivate student awareness of environmental protection.If education and penalties are implemented together,the recovery system will run better.展开更多
The progressive political thought or the political progressivism in America was a nationally complex and diverse current of thought in America at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Faci...The progressive political thought or the political progressivism in America was a nationally complex and diverse current of thought in America at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Facing up with many social grievances which resulted from the fast industrialization, the outdated political philosophy of the Founding Fathers, and the radical thoughts imported from overseas, the progressives purposively and systematically resorted to diverse powers, especially governmental power,展开更多
Although research has examined the financial sector’s response to COVID-19,the role of the cross-border money transfer industry remains unclear.This study investigates the corporate social responsibility(CSR)actions ...Although research has examined the financial sector’s response to COVID-19,the role of the cross-border money transfer industry remains unclear.This study investigates the corporate social responsibility(CSR)actions of 22 cross-border money transfer firms headquartered in Canada,the US,and the UK to determine how they supported stakeholders during the pandemic.Using qualitative data analysis software,we analyze textual data from company websites,press releases,and blogs to assess CSR activities.Our findings show that nine of the 22 cross-border money transfer firms engaged in COVID-related CSR efforts and communicated these actions through their controlled channels.Two out of every three firms that publicized their CSR initiatives during the pandemic were not traded in any stock exchange market.This research has two key implications.First,disclosing CSR initiatives through controlled or uncontrolled channels increases the likelihood of attracting socially conscious customers and investors,which could ultimately lead to higher economic profits.Second,economic profit can create a bandwagon effect,encouraging other money transfer firms to integrate CSR activities into their business models,which may enhance the well-being of the communities they serve and rely upon.展开更多
Amidst the unique challenges faced by rural educators is their sense of decent work influenced by levels of social support,career self-efficacy,and marginalization.To investigate these relationships,we surveyed 435 ru...Amidst the unique challenges faced by rural educators is their sense of decent work influenced by levels of social support,career self-efficacy,and marginalization.To investigate these relationships,we surveyed 435 rural school teachers(females=69.32%,mean years teaching experience=13.6,SD=7.7 years).The Structural Equation Modeling results indicated that social support positively predicts teachers’perceptions of decent work.Career self-efficacy mediated the relationship between social support and a higher sense of decent work,while marginalization mediated the relationship such that lower social support predicted lower perceptions of decent work.Career self-efficacy and marginalization also had a sequential mediation relationship:higher social support enhanced career self-efficacy,which in turn reduced marginalization experiences,ultimately improving teachers’perceptions of decent work.These findings align with the predictions of Social Cognitive Career Theory and the Psychology of Working Theory,demonstrating that environmental supports enhance personal psychological resources,reduce marginalization risks,and promote positive work-related outcomes.The study findings highlight the necessity for education departments to improve rural teachers’perceptions of decent work by providing social support to foster positive work experiences for teachers at high risk for marginalization and diminished career self-efficacy.展开更多
Background:Weight-related self-stigma(WRSS)is prevalent among individuals with different types of weight status and is associated with a range of negative health outcomes.Social support and coping models explain how i...Background:Weight-related self-stigma(WRSS)is prevalent among individuals with different types of weight status and is associated with a range of negative health outcomes.Social support and coping models explain how individuals may use different coping methods to deal with their mental health needs.Psychological distress(e.g.,depression and stress)could lead to overuse of social media and smartphones.When using social media or smartphones,individuals are likely to be exposed to negative comments regarding weight/shape/size posted on the social media.Consequently,individuals who experience problematic social media use(PSMU)or problematic smartphone use(PSPU)may develop WRSS.Therefore,the present study examined the roles of PSMU and PSPU as mediators in the relationship between psychological distress and WRSS.Methods:Using convenience sampling via an online survey,622 participants with a mean age of 23.70 years(SD=4.33)completed questions assessing sociodemographic variables,psychological distress,PSMU,PSPU,WRSS,and self-reported weight and height.Results:The hierarchical regression models showed that sex(β=0.08,p=0.01),BMI(β=0.39,p<0.001),depression(β=0.21,p=0.001),stress(β=0.18,p=0.01),PSMU(β=0.09,p=0.045),and PSPU(β=0.14,p=0.001)were significant factors for WRSS.Conclusion:The mediation models showed that both PSMU and PSPU were significant mediators in the relationships between depression and stress with WRSS.The present findings provide some evidence for understanding WRSS and has important implications for developing interventions to reduce its negative impact on individuals’health and well-being.展开更多
AS Artificial Intelligence(AI)is impacting medical science and practice rapidly and profoundly[1],people wonder what future patients,doctors,treatments,hospitals,and medical colleges would look like after Large Langua...AS Artificial Intelligence(AI)is impacting medical science and practice rapidly and profoundly[1],people wonder what future patients,doctors,treatments,hospitals,and medical colleges would look like after Large Language Models(LLMs)and AI Agents?We would like to share our experiences and thoughts from our projects in parallel intelligence for medicine and hospitals since 2013[2]–[4].展开更多
The year 2025 marks both the 25th anniversary of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation(FOCAC)and the first year of implementation of the outcomes of the 2024 FOCAC Beijing Summit.Throughout the year,China has supporte...The year 2025 marks both the 25th anniversary of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation(FOCAC)and the first year of implementation of the outcomes of the 2024 FOCAC Beijing Summit.Throughout the year,China has supported Africa in addressing historical injustices at diplomatic and political levels and firmly backed South Africa in hosting the G20 Leaders’Summit,further deepening China-Africa strategic mutual trust.展开更多
To gain an in-depth understanding of China’s urban labor market,the Institute of Population and Labor Economics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences(IPLE-CASS)conducted the fifth wave of the China Urban Labor Su...To gain an in-depth understanding of China’s urban labor market,the Institute of Population and Labor Economics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences(IPLE-CASS)conducted the fifth wave of the China Urban Labor Survey in 2023,which covers eight major representative cities.The survey collected 9,122 household questionnaires and 26,145 individual questionnaires from 381 neighborhood committees.Based on this data,the report systematically analyzes employment,wages,educational attainment,and social security among China’s urban workforce.Key findings include an inverted U-shaped age pattern of labor force participation,with a widening gender gap after childbearing age.Additionally,job search methods combine market-based channels with traditional social networks.Notably,the gender wage gap persists and widens over the life cycle,while employed women now have higher average years of schooling than men.Rural-to-urban migrants show higher labor force participation rates but remain disadvantaged in wages,education,and social security coverage.Thus,this survey provides a comprehensive picture of the structural characteristics and challenges of China’s urban labor market,providing a solid data foundation for academic research and public policy design.展开更多
China’s“common prosperity”policy is a multidimensional pursuit of social and economic progress aimed at full realization by 2050.A CHIEVING common prosperity–prosperity that is universally shared–has been a longs...China’s“common prosperity”policy is a multidimensional pursuit of social and economic progress aimed at full realization by 2050.A CHIEVING common prosperity–prosperity that is universally shared–has been a longstanding aspiration of the Chinese government.展开更多
文摘Purpose: To present a method for systematically mapping diversity of publication patterns at the author level in the social sciences and humanities in terms of publication type, publication language and co-authorship.Design/methodology/approach: In a follow-up to the hard partitioning clustering by Verleysen and Weeren in 2016, we now propose the complementary use of fuzzy cluster analysis, making use of a membership coefficient to study gradual differences between publication styles among authors within a scholarly discipline. The analysis of the probability density function of the membership coefficient allows to assess the distribution of publication styles within and between disciplines.Findings: As an illustration we analyze 1,828 productive authors affiliated in Flanders, Belgium. Whereas a hard partitioning previously identified two broad publication styles, an international one vs. a domestic one, fuzzy analysis now shows gradual differences among authors. Internal diversity also varies across disciplines and can be explained by researchers’ specialization and dissemination strategies.Research limitations: The dataset used is limited to one country for the years 2000–2011; a cognitive classification of authors may yield a different result from the affiliation-based classification used here.Practical implications: Our method is applicable to other bibliometric and research evaluation contexts, especially for the social sciences and humanities in non-Anglophone countries.Originality/value: The method proposed is a novel application of cluster analysis to the field of bibliometrics. Applied to publication patterns at the author level in the social sciences and humanities, for the first time it systematically documents intra-disciplinary diversity.
文摘In the early twentieth century, Marxism was propagated into Vietnam through patriotic intellectuals. After the propagation into Vietnam, Marxism not only influenced national liberation movements, but also profoundly affected scholars, particularly scholars of social science. In fact, many of well-known Vietnamese scholars have relied on Marxism’s theory of social existence and social consciousness, infrastructure and superstructure, practical concept, concept of class struggle, etc. to comment on poetry, history, language, geography, philosophy, etc. In other words, the scholars have applied Marxist methodology to explore and study cultural and social life in Vietnam; and in that way, a generation of Marxist researchers in the field of social sciences has been formed. After the renovation of the country, the Government of Vietnam has implemented its policy of openness and international integration, and scholars have been therefore able to receive many other Western ideals and cultures, and the Marxist methodology was not the only one used in social science research. Consequently, some people expressed their skepticism about the role of Marxist methodology in academic research in Vietnam, even completely denied the historical significance of Marxist methodology to the academia in Vietnam. This article is intended, through Vietnamese Marxist scholars, especially the ones in the field of social sciences prior to 1986 （i.e., prior to the renovation of the country） to demonstrate the historical significance of the Marxist methodology to the Vietnamese academia. It is clear that the penetration of the Marxism and the Marxist methodology into Vietnam have created a revolution in the field of academic research （primarily in the field of social science）. It has promoted academicresearch from conservative toward innovative, from traditional to modern. With the presence of the French colonialism as well as the French culture, the Marxism and the Marxist methodology helped Vietnamese scholars break away from Chinese Confucian scholarship and shift to systematic scholarly studies based on practical bases, scientific bases and modern methods. Although there are still some certain drawbacks, it cannot be denied that the Marxism and the Marxist methodology have played an important role in the formation and development of modern social sciences in Vietnam today.
文摘Based on analyses on existing indicators for evaluating journals in the humanities and social sciences and our experience in constructing the Chinese Social Science Citation Index(CSSCI), we proposed a comprehensive system for evaluating Chinese academic journals in the humanities and social sciences. This system constitutes 8 primary indicators and 17 sub-indicators for multidisciplinary journals and 19 sub-indicators for discipline-specific journals. Each indicator or sub-indicator is assigned a suitable weight according to its importance in terms of measuring a journal's academic quality and/or impact.
文摘On October 9, a delegation of Chinese academics led by Professor Jin Bei, Director of the Institute of Industrial Economics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, traveled to Sweden as the vips of Stockholm University for one week, a trip that happened to coincide with the awarding of the Nobel prize in economics. On the afternoons of October 10th and October 12th, the delegation had the privilege to have two conversations with Per Krusell, Chairman of the Nobel Committee and a renowned professor at the Institute for International Economic Studies （lIES） at Stockholm University. Dr. Krusell, originally from Sweden, has taught at several of the world＇s leading universities, including Princeton University.
基金supported by University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,No.000719106.
文摘Improving humanistic quality is the basis and starting point of implementing quality education and one of the effective ways to cultivate qualified personnel in high education in China.Therefore,college English is not only a language course,but also a quality education course which can broaden the horizon of knowledge among college students.College English should give full consideration to the cultivation of students’cultural quality,impart international cultural knowledge,and make full preparations for students’future study so as to prepare students for social development.Based on the case study of“Advanced English Listening&Speaking”in University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences(UCASS),the present paper claims that with proper selection of teaching material and carefully designed teaching methods,language learning and the improvement of humanistic quality can be effectively combined together.
文摘With the common trend of integration and accelerated industrialization-modernization,especially in the context of the current Industrial Revolution 4.0,the South is one of the areas where there are situations and requirements especially for training and research in social sciences in general,sociology in particular.Because,the issue is not only to contribute to the early recovery of the―human resource valley‖(specializing in the South West),facilitating the rapid development of human resources for―investment policy‖and early implementation of the―zoning,planning‖but also by many other economic,social,and cultural issues of the whole region…All have been asked to promote the training and applied research in sociology,especially in specialized sociology to contribute to the linking and promoting the active role of the social sciences with strategic issues and strategies related to the practical development of this land both in the immediate future and in the long run.
基金supported by the National Social Science Foundation of China(Grant No.:11CTQ007)
文摘Purpose:This study intends to evaluate the regional tendencies of research collaboration of social sciences in China,and shows the pattern of China’s inter-regional research collaboration(IRRC).Design/methodology/approach:By using 10 years’ data of 150 economic journals in CNKI database,this paper used the Salton index as the indicator to measure the collaborative intensity of 31 regions in China.Findings:First,regional tendencies of research collaboration in social sciences do exist in China.Second,there is a positive correlation between collaborative tendency and regional scientific productivity.Every region would like to cooperate with high productive regions,and high productive regions tend to have collaborations within the region itself.Third,geographical proximity is an important factor affecting China’s IRRC.Research limitations:There are many other important external conditions which may affect research collaboration,but not all of them have been taken into account in this research.Practical implications:The proposed method can be also applied to detect cooperation preference of different authors,scientific research institutions and countries.And the study will help us understand the importance of distance in scholarly cooperation.Originality/value:Previous researches proved that regional research collaborations exist in natural sciences in China,while this research showed that the same phenomenon also appears in social sciences in China.
基金2023 Special Project for the Development of Jiangsu Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences in Higher Institutions Approval number:23GSB-011Project name:Research on Digital intelligence empowers the Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences in Higher Institutions to carry on organized scientific research.
文摘The Action Plan for High-Quality Development of Philosophy and Social Sciences in Universities for 2035,jointly issued by the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC)and the Ministry of Education,points out that"we should promote universities to give full play to the advantages of the new national system,and accelerate the construction of China's independent knowledge system with'organized scientific research'"[1].The arrival of the era of digital intelligence brings new opportunities and challenges to organized scientific research in China's universities.Through empirical research,the research group conducts a detailed analysis on the connotation,status quo,and constraints of organized scientific research in universities and colleges in the era of digital intelligence,and finds that there are problems such as scientific research management mechanism,scientific research data sharing,and scientific research resource allocation.Aiming at this problem,the study proposes to do a good job of strategic planning for digital transformation,establish a mechanism for collaboration and innovation in scientific research,improve the strategy of resource allocation and optimization,formulate a new code of ethics for scientific research,and build a system for training digitally-intelligent talents in order to improve the efficiency of organized scientific research in the era of digital intelligence.
基金This research was supported by a European Union Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n°221948 Integrated Control of Neglected Zoonoses (ICONZ)The University of Edinburgh Principal’s Career Development PhD ScholarshipSchool of Social and Political Science Graduate School Scholarship.
文摘Neglected Tropical Diseases(NTDs)are both drivers and manifestations of poverty and social inequality.Increased advocacy efforts since the mid-2000s have led to ambitious new control and elimination targets set for 2020 by the World Health Organisation.While these global aspirations represent significant policy momentum,there are multifaceted challenges in controlling infectious diseases in resource-poor local contexts that need to be acknowledged,understood and engaged.However a number of recent publications have emphasised the“neglected”status of applied social science research on NTDs.In light of the 2020 targets,this paper explores the social science/NTD literature and unpacks some of the ways in which social inquiry can help support effective and sustainable interventions.Five priority areas are discussed,including on policy processes,health systems capacity,compliance and resistance to interventions,education and behaviour change,and community participation.The paper shows that despite the multifaceted value of having anthropological and sociological perspectives integrated into NTD programmes,contemporary efforts underutilise this potential.This is reflective of the dominance of top-down information flows and technocratic approaches in global health.To counter this tendency,social research needs to be more than an afterthought;integrating social inquiry into the planning,monitoring and evaluating process will help ensure that flexibility and adaptability to local realities are built into interventions.More emphasis on social science perspectives can also help link NTD control to broader social determinants of health,especially important given the major social and economic inequalities that continue to underpin transmission in endemic countries.
基金support of funding(No.UGC/IDS(R)11/21)from the Hong Kong SAR Government.
文摘In trying to explain why Hong Kong of China ranks highest in life expectancy in the world,we review what various experts are hypothesizing,and how data science methods may be used to provide more evidence-based conclusions.While more data become available,we find some data analysis studies were too simplistic,while others too overwhelming in answering this challenging question.We find the approach that analyzes life expectancy related data(mortality causes and rate for different cohorts)inspiring,and use this approach to study a carefully selected set of targets for comparison.In discussing the factors that matter,we argue that it is more reasonable to try to identify a set of factors that together explain the phenomenon.
文摘Questionnaires and interviews are employed in this paper to investigate and analyze the situation with respect to express packaging waste at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences(GCASS).The survey results show that:(1)the campus receives a large number of express packages and there is,in turn,a considerable amount of packaging waste;(2)there are four main types of express packaging materials:paper packaging,plastic bags,wrapping tapes and package fillers;(3)neither the students nor the school perform well in the recycling of express packaging waste;(4)the samples investigated in this paper can be divided into four categories by cluster analysis,and the author infers from this that the colleges and universities with a large proportion of female students should pay more attention to the issue of recycling of express packaging waste.Several suggestions are presented based on the research results:(1)establishing a campus waste recycling system is the most efficient way to solve the problem of express packaging waste at GCASS;(2)we should advocate for green packaging and manage it from the source of waste generation because most of the express packaging material does not easily degrade naturally,and this represents a huge hidden danger to human health and the environment;(3)the school should cultivate student awareness of environmental protection.If education and penalties are implemented together,the recovery system will run better.
文摘The progressive political thought or the political progressivism in America was a nationally complex and diverse current of thought in America at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Facing up with many social grievances which resulted from the fast industrialization, the outdated political philosophy of the Founding Fathers, and the radical thoughts imported from overseas, the progressives purposively and systematically resorted to diverse powers, especially governmental power,
文摘Although research has examined the financial sector’s response to COVID-19,the role of the cross-border money transfer industry remains unclear.This study investigates the corporate social responsibility(CSR)actions of 22 cross-border money transfer firms headquartered in Canada,the US,and the UK to determine how they supported stakeholders during the pandemic.Using qualitative data analysis software,we analyze textual data from company websites,press releases,and blogs to assess CSR activities.Our findings show that nine of the 22 cross-border money transfer firms engaged in COVID-related CSR efforts and communicated these actions through their controlled channels.Two out of every three firms that publicized their CSR initiatives during the pandemic were not traded in any stock exchange market.This research has two key implications.First,disclosing CSR initiatives through controlled or uncontrolled channels increases the likelihood of attracting socially conscious customers and investors,which could ultimately lead to higher economic profits.Second,economic profit can create a bandwagon effect,encouraging other money transfer firms to integrate CSR activities into their business models,which may enhance the well-being of the communities they serve and rely upon.
文摘Amidst the unique challenges faced by rural educators is their sense of decent work influenced by levels of social support,career self-efficacy,and marginalization.To investigate these relationships,we surveyed 435 rural school teachers(females=69.32%,mean years teaching experience=13.6,SD=7.7 years).The Structural Equation Modeling results indicated that social support positively predicts teachers’perceptions of decent work.Career self-efficacy mediated the relationship between social support and a higher sense of decent work,while marginalization mediated the relationship such that lower social support predicted lower perceptions of decent work.Career self-efficacy and marginalization also had a sequential mediation relationship:higher social support enhanced career self-efficacy,which in turn reduced marginalization experiences,ultimately improving teachers’perceptions of decent work.These findings align with the predictions of Social Cognitive Career Theory and the Psychology of Working Theory,demonstrating that environmental supports enhance personal psychological resources,reduce marginalization risks,and promote positive work-related outcomes.The study findings highlight the necessity for education departments to improve rural teachers’perceptions of decent work by providing social support to foster positive work experiences for teachers at high risk for marginalization and diminished career self-efficacy.
基金supported in part by(received funding from)the Ministry of Science and Technology,Taiwan(MOST 110-2410-H-006-115,MOST 111-2410-H-006-100)the National Science and Technology Council,Taiwan(NSTC 112-2410-H-006-089-SS2)+1 种基金the Higher Education Sprout Project,the Ministry of Education at the Headquarters of University Advancement at the National Cheng Kung University(NCKU)the 2021 Southeast and South Asia and Taiwan Universities Joint Research Scheme(NCKU 31).
文摘Background:Weight-related self-stigma(WRSS)is prevalent among individuals with different types of weight status and is associated with a range of negative health outcomes.Social support and coping models explain how individuals may use different coping methods to deal with their mental health needs.Psychological distress(e.g.,depression and stress)could lead to overuse of social media and smartphones.When using social media or smartphones,individuals are likely to be exposed to negative comments regarding weight/shape/size posted on the social media.Consequently,individuals who experience problematic social media use(PSMU)or problematic smartphone use(PSPU)may develop WRSS.Therefore,the present study examined the roles of PSMU and PSPU as mediators in the relationship between psychological distress and WRSS.Methods:Using convenience sampling via an online survey,622 participants with a mean age of 23.70 years(SD=4.33)completed questions assessing sociodemographic variables,psychological distress,PSMU,PSPU,WRSS,and self-reported weight and height.Results:The hierarchical regression models showed that sex(β=0.08,p=0.01),BMI(β=0.39,p<0.001),depression(β=0.21,p=0.001),stress(β=0.18,p=0.01),PSMU(β=0.09,p=0.045),and PSPU(β=0.14,p=0.001)were significant factors for WRSS.Conclusion:The mediation models showed that both PSMU and PSPU were significant mediators in the relationships between depression and stress with WRSS.The present findings provide some evidence for understanding WRSS and has important implications for developing interventions to reduce its negative impact on individuals’health and well-being.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(71232006,61233001)Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2018AAA0101502)Beijing Tiantan Hospital,and Zhongke Smart Healthcare Inc.for their support of Parallel Medicine and Parallel Hospitals since 2013.
文摘AS Artificial Intelligence(AI)is impacting medical science and practice rapidly and profoundly[1],people wonder what future patients,doctors,treatments,hospitals,and medical colleges would look like after Large Language Models(LLMs)and AI Agents?We would like to share our experiences and thoughts from our projects in parallel intelligence for medicine and hospitals since 2013[2]–[4].
文摘The year 2025 marks both the 25th anniversary of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation(FOCAC)and the first year of implementation of the outcomes of the 2024 FOCAC Beijing Summit.Throughout the year,China has supported Africa in addressing historical injustices at diplomatic and political levels and firmly backed South Africa in hosting the G20 Leaders’Summit,further deepening China-Africa strategic mutual trust.
基金supported by the Special Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)“The Uniqueness of China’s Demographic Transition,Its Economic Impact,and Policy Implications”(Grant No.72141310)the Major Economic and Social Survey Project of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences(CASS)“China Urban Labor Survey”(Grant No.GQDC2023022)the Comprehensive Grant of CASS Affiliated Institute Laboratories“Population Simulation and Employment Monitoring Laboratory”(Grant No.2024SYZH008).
文摘To gain an in-depth understanding of China’s urban labor market,the Institute of Population and Labor Economics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences(IPLE-CASS)conducted the fifth wave of the China Urban Labor Survey in 2023,which covers eight major representative cities.The survey collected 9,122 household questionnaires and 26,145 individual questionnaires from 381 neighborhood committees.Based on this data,the report systematically analyzes employment,wages,educational attainment,and social security among China’s urban workforce.Key findings include an inverted U-shaped age pattern of labor force participation,with a widening gender gap after childbearing age.Additionally,job search methods combine market-based channels with traditional social networks.Notably,the gender wage gap persists and widens over the life cycle,while employed women now have higher average years of schooling than men.Rural-to-urban migrants show higher labor force participation rates but remain disadvantaged in wages,education,and social security coverage.Thus,this survey provides a comprehensive picture of the structural characteristics and challenges of China’s urban labor market,providing a solid data foundation for academic research and public policy design.
文摘China’s“common prosperity”policy is a multidimensional pursuit of social and economic progress aimed at full realization by 2050.A CHIEVING common prosperity–prosperity that is universally shared–has been a longstanding aspiration of the Chinese government.
