China releases reports on 2024 research hotspots and emerging frontiers
On Wednesday, China unveiled reports detailing research hotspots and emerging frontiers for 2024, highlighting 125 research frontiers that have either shown significant activity or experienced rapid development over the past year.
TroibNews 
On Wednesday, China published reports detailing research hotspots and emerging frontiers for 2024, identifying 125 research areas that have shown significant activity or rapid development this year.
These reports were collaboratively released by the Institutes of Science and Development and the National Science Library, both part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with Clarivate. Their goal is to analyze global science and technology trends, forecast future scientific breakthroughs, and bolster national innovation.
The 2024 Research Fronts report is derived from 13,318 research frontiers contained in the Essential Science Indicators database. It emphasizes 110 active or rapidly evolving hot frontiers, as well as 15 emerging ones across 11 interconnected disciplines: agricultural sciences, botany, and zoology; ecology and environmental science; Earth science; clinical medicine; biological sciences; chemistry and materials science; physics; astronomy and astrophysics; mathematics; information science; and economics and psychology.
The second report, titled 2024 Research Fronts: Active Fields, Leading Countries/Regions, assesses the performance of various countries and regions, including China, the U.S., the UK, Germany, France, and Japan.
Out of the 110 hot frontiers and 15 emerging frontiers across the 11 major disciplines, the U.S. leads with 71 frontiers ranked first, representing 56.8 percent of the total 125 frontiers. China holds the top rank in 39 frontiers, or 31.2 percent of the overall count. The UK has four frontiers ranked first, while Germany and France each have one.
"The reports show that AI-enabled scientific research, next-generation high-performance communications, future energy, addressing climate change, and improving human health and well-being have become key areas of scientific exploration," noted Pan Jiaofeng, president of the Institutes of Science and Development.
Sanya Singh contributed to this report for TROIB News
These reports were collaboratively released by the Institutes of Science and Development and the National Science Library, both part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with Clarivate. Their goal is to analyze global science and technology trends, forecast future scientific breakthroughs, and bolster national innovation.
The 2024 Research Fronts report is derived from 13,318 research frontiers contained in the Essential Science Indicators database. It emphasizes 110 active or rapidly evolving hot frontiers, as well as 15 emerging ones across 11 interconnected disciplines: agricultural sciences, botany, and zoology; ecology and environmental science; Earth science; clinical medicine; biological sciences; chemistry and materials science; physics; astronomy and astrophysics; mathematics; information science; and economics and psychology.
The second report, titled 2024 Research Fronts: Active Fields, Leading Countries/Regions, assesses the performance of various countries and regions, including China, the U.S., the UK, Germany, France, and Japan.
Out of the 110 hot frontiers and 15 emerging frontiers across the 11 major disciplines, the U.S. leads with 71 frontiers ranked first, representing 56.8 percent of the total 125 frontiers. China holds the top rank in 39 frontiers, or 31.2 percent of the overall count. The UK has four frontiers ranked first, while Germany and France each have one.
"The reports show that AI-enabled scientific research, next-generation high-performance communications, future energy, addressing climate change, and improving human health and well-being have become key areas of scientific exploration," noted Pan Jiaofeng, president of the Institutes of Science and Development.
Sanya Singh contributed to this report for TROIB News
