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Scientific Isolation? The Consequences of Trump's China Initiative on Chinese Research

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT The 2018 China Initiative by the Trump administration complicated procedures and reduced funding for U.S.‐China research collaborations. Using Scopus data, we analyze its impact on Chinese research. We find that it significantly lowered the quality of both publications and co‐authors of Chinese researchers with prior U.S. collaborations compared to those with prior European collaborations, and reduced yearly citations for affected researchers by 6%. The effect was stronger for high‐productivity Chinese researchers in U.S.‐dominated fields. While China is at the forefront of the scientific frontier, it still depends more on the U.S. than the reverse.

Source: International Economic Review

DOI: 10.1111/iere.70107

Authors: Philippe Aghion, Céline Antonin, Luc Paluskiewicz, David Strömberg, Xueping Sun, Raphaël Wargon, Karolina Westin

Institutions: INSEAD, Collège de France, London School of Economics and Political Science, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, Paris School of Economics, Stockholm University, Stanford University

Language: English

Topic: scientometrics and bibliometrics research

Subfield: Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty

Field: Decision Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,570

OpenAlex ID: W7212236974

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