著名数学家 杨乐 院士曾说过:“ 100 篇一般性的论文,也不如一篇真正能有较大贡献的论文。”这句话说得好,一语道出了论文发表数量和质量的内涵。 为了名和利,某些科学工作者过于强调论文发表的数量而忽视了质量,经常发表后无人引用、无人关注。 大部分科研人员,一生可能会写上百篇学术论文,但真正解决了某一重要科学难题、对社会发展起到了重要的推动作用、对自然现象的认识有了本质突破、甚至能载入史册的论文,会有几篇呢?我想有一篇就够了。但很遗憾的是,大部分科研人员可能一篇也没有。 我到现在为止,已经出版了 4 部学术专著、发表了 147 篇论文,现在看来,自己较为满意的论文也就 2 篇(中文学术刊物),其他论文写的确实不给力。当年为了解决职称问题,在半年内曾写过 5 篇国际 SCI 论文,主要是用非线性科学理论(突变理论、协同学、耗散结构理论、混沌理论等)研究斜坡稳定性分析与失稳预报方面的论文,当时觉得写的还不错,审稿人的评价也挺高,不妨让大家看看 : “The referees are favourable to publishing the paper based on the motivation that the topic is interesting and contributes in an important manner to the state of the art.” “This manuscript is an interesting analytical treatment of the problem of buckling rock slopes, much more comprehensive than previous studies.” 现在回头再看,这些 SCI 论文只是对斜坡稳定性机制作了一些探讨,并没有突破斜坡失稳的主控因素与本质机理问题。 现在想明白了,没有之前“不给力”的论文作铺垫,那两篇较为满意的论文也写不出来。毕竟对科学问题的认识与突破需要一个长期的过程,有量变才能有质变,有渐变才能有突变。 写论文为何非要在国际 SCI 杂志上发表呢?咱中国人的母语主要是汉语,用汉语表达问题驾轻就熟,在外文杂志上发表文章恐怕不是多数人的强项。咱研究出来的东西为何需要老外认可才行呢?至少在某些研究领域,老外不如我们高明,咱写的东西洋人也不见得看的懂。当年陈景润先生在哥德巴赫猜想方面的研究发表在《科学通报》杂志,不也引起了国内外同行的关注吗? 只要你的科研“货真价实”,确实解决了某一重要科学难题,在何种学术刊物上发表你的研究成果,只是自己的喜好问题,没有论文水平高低的区别。
Thomson Reuters 公司公布了1999年元月到2009年8月底(10年零8个月)世界100多个国家和地区各个领域被SCI数据库收录在万篇以上的统计结果,我国论文数量居于世界第5名,共收录论文649689篇,较1998年元月到2008年8月底的573486篇增加了76203篇;总被引用次数居于世界第9位,共计被引用了3404466次,较1998年元月到2008年8月底的2646085次,增加了758381次;篇均被引用次数为5.24,虽然较1998年元月到2008年8月底的4.61提高了0.63次/篇,但是未进世界前20.我们不仅要看数量,更应该重视质量。就晶体研究而言,作者: Sheldrick, GM (Sheldrick, George M.);标题: A short history of SHELX;来源出版物: ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION A, 64: 112-122 Part 1 JAN 2008,发表2年(截止2010年1月15日)累计被引用5917次;而倍受我国作者青睐的ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION E, 最高被引论文是浙江大学作者的Quinolinium trichloro(quinoline-kappa N)cobaltate(II);Author(s) Pan, TT; Xu, DJ; Source ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION E-STRUCTURE REPORTS ONLINE 60M56-M58 Part 1,2004;Times Cited 51,相差110多倍!ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION E-STRUCTURE REPORTS ONLINE 论文造假 更为可悲,无疑是给国人SCI论文蒙上了一层阴影。 Top 20 Countries in ALL FIELDS, 1999-August 31, 2009 For the eighth year, ScienceWatch.com presents its annual Top 20 listings of the countries which, as of the latest bimonthly update of Essential Science Indicators SM, achieved particular distinction based on their papers published in Thomson Reuters -indexed journals from January 1999 through August 31, 2009, a 10-year plus 8-month period. The listings are confined to those nations, out of a pool of 148, which published at least 10,000 papers across all fields during the period. Countries are ranked by three separate measures: total citations, number of papers, and cites per paper. (Note: For articles with multiple authors representing different nations, each listed nation receives full, not fractional, citation credit for the given paper.) Citations Rank Field Papers Citations Citations Per Paper 1 USA 2,974,344 44,669,056 15.02 2 GERMANY 766,162 9,406,841 12.28 3 ENGLAND 682,018 9,399,334 13.78 4 JAPAN 788,650 7,602,742 9.64 5 FRANCE 548,046 6,304,141 11.50 6 CANADA 424,562 5,233,211 12.33 7 ITALY 403,588 4,417,871 10.95 8 NETHERLANDS 236,344 3,419,657 14.47 9 PEOPLES R CHINA 649,689 3,404,466 5.24 10 AUSTRALIA 276,622 3,067,686 11.09 11 SPAIN 305,430 2,942,425 9.63 12 SWITZERLAND 171,248 2,693,730 15.73 13 SWEDEN 174,789 2,407,364 13.77 14 BELGIUM 128,800 1,613,458 12.53 15 SCOTLAND 106,559 1,522,948 14.29 16 SOUTH KOREA 237,652 1,515,555 6.38 17 DENMARK 92,734 1,369,297 14.77 18 INDIA 253,520 1,288,075 5.08 19 ISRAEL 109,410 1,287,435 11.77 20 RUSSIA 273,189 1,199,538 4.39 SOURCE : Essential Science Indicators from Thomson Reuters . Papers Rank Field Papers Citations Citations Per Paper 1 USA 2,974,344 44,669,056 15.02 2 JAPAN 788,650 7,602,742 9.64 3 GERMANY 766,162 9,406,841 12.28 4 ENGLAND 682,018 9,399,334 13.78 5 PEOPLES R CHINA 649,689 3,404,466 5.24 6 FRANCE 548,046 6,304,141 11.50 7 CANADA 424,562 5,233,211 12.33 8 ITALY 403,588 4,417,871 10.95 9 SPAIN 305,430 2,942,425 9.63 10 AUSTRALIA 276,622 3,067,686 11.09 11 RUSSIA 273,189 1,199,538 4.39 12 INDIA 253,520 1,288,075 5.08 13 SOUTH KOREA 237,652 1,515,555 6.38 14 NETHERLANDS 236,344 3,419,657 14.47 15 BRAZIL 175,063 1,039,235 5.94 16 SWEDEN 174,789 2,407,364 13.77 17 SWITZERLAND 171,248 2,693,730 15.73 18 TAIWAN 154,634 974,818 6.30 19 POLAND 138,705 864,073 6.23 20 BELGIUM 128,800 1,613,458 12.53 SOURCE : Essential Science Indicators from Thomson Reuters . Citation Per Paper Rank Field Papers Citations Citations Per Paper 1 SWITZERLAND 171,248 2,693,730 15.73 2 USA 2,974,344 44,669,056 15.02 3 DENMARK 92,734 1,369,297 14.77 4 NETHERLANDS 236,344 3,419,657 14.47 5 SCOTLAND 106,559 1,522,948 14.29 6 ENGLAND 682,018 9,399,334 13.78 7 SWEDEN 174,789 2,407,364 13.77 8 FINLAND 86,509 1,113,141 12.87 9 BELGIUM 128,800 1,613,458 12.53 10 CANADA 424,562 5,233,211 12.33 11 GERMANY 766,162 9,406,841 12.28 12 AUSTRIA 89,782 1,075,042 11.97 13 ISRAEL 109,410 1,287,435 11.77 14 NORWAY 65,306 764,040 11.70 15 FRANCE 548,046 6,304,141 11.50 16 WALES 35,592 404,997 11.38 17 AUSTRALIA 276,622 3,067,686 11.09 18 ITALY 403,588 4,417,871 10.95 19 NORTH IRELAND 17,485 190,093 10.87 20 IRELAND 39,618 416,966 10.52 SOURCE : Essential Science Indicators from Thomson Reuters .