China News Service, Beijing, September 8 (Reporter Sun Zifa) Springer Nature, an internationally renowned academic publishing organization, announced to the media on September 8 that the latest "Nature" supplement "Nature Index-Energy" data showed that in 2015 -In 2021, in research related to the seventh United Nations Sustainable Development Goal "Clean and Affordable Energy" (SDG7), China's related research output will rank first in the world, followed by the United States, Germany, South Korea and Japan back.
This is the first time that the Nature Index focuses on the field of clean energy. The latest Nature Index data is obtained by tracking and measuring the scientific research output and cooperation in this field in 82 leading natural science journals.
In 2021, the output of research related to "clean and affordable energy" tracked by the Nature Index will soar, from 3,345 articles in 2020 to 3,889, the largest increase since 2015.
According to "Share", one of the main measurement indicators of the Nature Index, China's research on "clean and affordable energy" from 2015 to 2021 increased by as much as 324.1%, making it the fastest growing country in this field.
At the same time, among the top 50 global institutions in terms of "clean and affordable energy" related output from 2015 to 2021, China is also in a dominant position, with 25 institutions on the list and 14 institutions in the United States.
Among them, the top ten institutions in the world are: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua University, University of Science and Technology of China, Peking University, Stanford University, Soochow University, Nanyang Technological University, Nanjing University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese institutions not only Ten accounted for seven seats, and the top four were all in the bag.
In addition, Chinese institutions also dominate the 30 institutions with the fastest growing output related to "clean and affordable energy" in the Nature Index. The only non-Chinese institutions on the list are the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and the Indian Institute of Technology, respectively. Ranked 28th and 29th.
The "Nature Index - Energy" supplement also focuses on scientific research cooperation in the field of clean energy from point to point. Its index data shows that more than 80% of articles published in this field in France, Australia, Spain and the United Kingdom involve co-authors in other countries.
In contrast, China is the only country in the top 30 producing more non-international co-authored articles than international co-authored articles.
However, despite China's international co-authored articles accounting for less than half (46.3%) of its total output, China is often present in major scientific collaborations due to its high article output.
Simon Baker, editor-in-chief of the Nature Index, said that since 2015, research output related to "clean and affordable energy" has grown every year as countries resolve to decarbonise by switching from fossil fuels to greener energy sources. are increasing, the trend is obvious.
China's natural index "share" has increased by more than 300% from 2015 to 2021, showing China's important position in the field, and many important international cooperation has also brought dividends to the race for cleaner energy.
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