Authority vs. incentives: Comparison of central and local government policies to promote openness of scientific facilities and instruments

Authors

Dingyi YOU, School of Public Administration, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
Shuai XIAO, Science and Technology Innovation and Development Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Chen ZHANG, Science and Technology Innovation and Development Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Hao WEN, Bureau of Development and Planning, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100864, China
Dacheng SONG, School of Public Policy and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Runtong GUO, School of Public Policy and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Ke WEN, School of Public Policy and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Qiang WEI, Science and Technology Innovation and Development Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Zhi YU, Science and Technology Innovation and Development Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Tianming LI, Science and Technology Innovation and Development Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

Keywords

scientific facilities and instruments, authority policy tool, incentive policy tool, central government, local governments

Document Type

Policy & Management Research

Abstract

The openness of scientific facilities and instruments is a part of open science, which can help improve the efficiency of resource utilization and promote more research outputs. Policies is a key driving force for the openness, but studies to analyze such policies are still lackluster. This study conducted a text analysis of 23 central government policies and 65 local government policies in the time-tool framework, and found two types of authority tools: mandatory openness and duplicate review, as well as various incentive tools to give positive and negative payment. It reveals that provincial governments follow and tighten the screws of authority tools from the central government, and meanwhile, carry out policy innovation in incentive tools. Based on the investigation of practice in the openness of scientific facilities and instruments, this study proposes four policy suggestions: paying more attention to the utilization rate and outputs, improving the institutional design of duplicate review at different levels, linking research funding to open sharing, and promoting talent development.

First page

1389

Last Page

1400

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Recommended Citation

YOU, Dingyi; XIAO, Shuai; ZHANG, Chen; WEN, Hao; SONG, Dacheng; GUO, Runtong; WEN, Ke; WEI, Qiang; YU, Zhi; and LI, Tianming (2024) "Authority vs. incentives: Comparison of central and local government policies to promote openness of scientific facilities and instruments," Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version): Vol. 39 : Iss. 8 , Article 9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.16418/j.issn.1000-3045.20240129002
Available at: https://bulletinofcas.researchcommons.org/journal/vol39/iss8/9