NSFC ORCID requirement
NSFC applications increasingly require ORCID iDs for PI + key team members.
Jurisdiction · CN
CASRAI standards in mainland China
China is the world's largest producer of scientific publications (since 2017) and second-largest R&D spender (~$680B, 2023 estimate). The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) are the main public funders. ORCID adoption has accelerated; CRediT awareness rising via internationalisation of Chinese journals.
Key funders
Who funds research here
- NSFC (National Natural Science Foundation of China)
- MOST (Ministry of Science and Technology)
- CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
- CSC (China Scholarship Council)
Assessment frameworks
How research is evaluated
- NSFC track record
- Chinese university 'double first-class' assessment
Mandates
Active rules + when they took effect
Three Lists / Five Don'ts (2020+)
Research integrity policies against duplicate submission, ghost-authorship, paper-mill output, and impact-factor-only assessment.
Open access via CSTR
Chinese Open Access Mandate via the China S&T Repository (CSTR).
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