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Research on Researchers’ Cognition, Attitude, and Expectation on the Social Impact of Academic Achievements

  • Liu Xiaojuan ,
  • Xiao Yuntong ,
  • Hu Wei
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  • School of Government, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875

Received date: 2024-12-06

  Revised date: 2025-02-14

  Online published: 2026-01-16

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This work is supported by the National Social Science Fund of China project titled “Analysis and Evaluation of the Social Impact of Scientific Research Results from the Perspective of Public Trust”(Grant No. 23BTQ058).

Abstract

[Purpose/Significance] Researchers are the core driving force of scientific and technological innovation. Clarifying their cognition, attitude, and expectation on the social impact of academic achievements can provide the key basis for the optimization of scientific research evaluation system. It is of great significance for scientific research achievements to serve the society and the sustainable development of scientific undertakings. [Method/Process] This study used a combination of semi-structured interviews and questionnaires to investigate the cognition, attitude, and expectation. [Result/Conclusion] Researchers in China have a better understanding of the social impact of academic achievements. However, there are significant differences in their level of understanding due to their different disciplines and institutions types. And their cognition to its generation and evaluation status is different. They generally agree with the social impact evaluation of academic achievements, support its inclusion in the scientific research evaluation system, and can clearly recognize the changes brought by the evaluation, but they can not ignore the concerns of researchers and the difficulties faced in the implementation process of the evaluation. Researchers’ cognitive level has a certain positive correlation with the attitude tendency. They generally have a willingness to enhance social influence, and expect support in terms of funds and resources, policy environment and incentive mechanisms. From the perspective of researchers, it suggests to integrate the interaction mechanism of academic achievements of various disciplines to enrich the social impact evaluation dimension, balance social value and individual reward to shape a new ecosystem of effective incentives, expand the generation channels to improve the quality of achievements and social influence, and enhance researchers’ understanding level to promote the social impact evaluation for the scientific research.

Cite this article

Liu Xiaojuan , Xiao Yuntong , Hu Wei . Research on Researchers’ Cognition, Attitude, and Expectation on the Social Impact of Academic Achievements[J]. Library and Information Service, 2026 , 70(1) : 42 -55 . DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2026.01.004

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