TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Ku, Hyejin
AU  - Mu, Tianrui
        TI  - The Rise of China and the Global Production of Scientific Knowledge
        PY  - 2025/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 17866
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp17866
        AB  - This paper examines how China’s growing research capabilities impact global research universities across scientific fields. Using bibliometric data from 1980 to 2020, we assess the effects of the “China shock” on high-impact publications, novel concepts, and citation patterns. Our analysis reveals a positive net effect in Chemistry and Engineering & Materials Science (EMS), but a negative effect in Clinical & Life Sciences (CLS). In other fields, the effects are mostly positive but imprecise. We highlight the coexistence of competition and spillover effects, with their relative strength shaped by field characteristics, such as expansion potential and the quality of China’s research.
        KW  - ideas
KW  - knowledge production
KW  - China shock in science
KW  - competition
KW  - spillovers
        ER  -