Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Sharp Contrast:Rethinking of Scientific Research Evaluation

As is known to all,the winners list of 2015 Nobel Prize was published about 3weeks ago.From then on,media has reported what related to Nobel Prize one after another.
One of the concentrations this year is that Chinese scientist Youyou Tu was awarded half of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine,with another half shared by William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura.It was the first Nobel Prize Chinese gained in the field of natural science,which makes all Chinese proud.As for Youyou Tu's great contributions for the discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria Diseases,you may have known,so I won't highlight them in particular.However,what I want to say is that Youyou Tu is considered a "three no" scientist in China,no doctor's degree,no overseas education background and no Chinese academician honor.What's your opinion about this?
In contrast,Shangda Fan,an academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering,who has been awarded with the first prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award,meets retractions because of academic cheating.You can search on the Internet for more details,which I'd not like to show.
Through the sharp contrast of these two people's "rank",what do you think about the research evaluation mechanism in China or even all over the world?How should the stadards be reformed?Let's rethink of it.If glad,share your opinions.Thank you!

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