TITLE:
Analysis on the Impact of Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic on Scientific Research in Universities
AUTHORS:
Nan Sheng, Xihua Zhang, Weidong Luan
KEYWORDS:
Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia, Scientific Research, Universities
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.11 No.4,
April
27,
2023
ABSTRACT: Objective: To understand the progress of scientific research during the pandemic,
and to analyze comprehensively the factors, in order to better carry out
targeted work, and further strengthen the planning of scientific research organizations. Method: We issue questionnaires on mobile phones to colleges and
research institutes in the natural sciences. According to the situation of
their scientific research teams, each unit selects 5 - 10 faculty members of
different research fields, different professional qualifications, different levels
and different ages to complete online questionnaires. Being problem-oriented,
we select professors, scholars, young instructors and scientific research
managers from 6 colleges with different departments and different scientific
research scales to conduct the research and discussions. We extract data from
scientific research system for macro analysis. The above three methods are
complemented and cross-referenced with each other. Results: The
scientific research works in colleges and universities are affected widely by
the epidemic. The result shows that the experimental process was slow
(accounting for 65.78%). The postgraduates were not on duty (accounting for
61.16%), and the limited data of thesis writing appeared detached (accounting
for 27.18%). Compared with the same period of the previous two years, the
individual applications for government-sponsored
research are considered to be basically equal (accounting for 51.46%).
Due to the reduction of government financial investments, some major scientific
research projects undertaken by enterprises. Conclusion: According to the requirements for epidemic
prevention and control, the deployment and planning of the work should be
adjusted timely, in order to respond to the actual needs. We must strike a
balance between epidemic prevention and control, and scientific research,
promote both of them, and grasp development opportunities.