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Diane Gal, Wouter Vandevelde, Heping Cheng, Karin R. Sipido, Cardiovascular Research as a forum for publications from China: present, past, and future, Cardiovascular Research, Volume 104, Issue 3, 1 December 2014, Pages 383–387, https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvu238
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1. Introduction
There has been a rapid growth of publications from China over the last 20 years, with China becoming the second largest producer of scientific papers across all disciplines in the year 2007.1 Focused investment in building scientific capacity in China has significantly contributed to the growth in publication output. In 1998, the launch of the ‘985’ project increased China's commitment to improve the global standing and publication activities of a select group of 24 universities.2
Research performance has also gained from the commitment of the Chinese government to increase the Gross Domestic Expenditure on Research and Development (GERD). A common indicator used is the ratio of GERD to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and in China, this ratio has grown steadily from 1.07% in 2002 to reach 1.84% in 2011.3 More specifically, the funding provided through the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC; http://www.nsfc.gov.cn/publish/portal1/tab293/) and the National Basic Research Program of China (NBRPC) have had a significant impact in fuelling basic research, for example with almost 40 million Euros [312 million Chinese Renminbi (RMB)] being assigned by the NSFC to experimental cardiovascular studies in 2013 alone.4