一、智库评价的依据与理论来源
A think tank is a specialized institution in a modern national governance system that "produces ideas and influences decisions". This algorithm's evaluation of think tanks rests on three groups of grounds. First, policy grounds—the deployment of "strengthening the building of new-type think tanks with Chinese characteristics" at the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee and the national high-end think-tank building orientation established by the "Opinions on Strengthening the Building of New-type Think Tanks with Chinese Characteristics", which lists "serving the decisions of the Party and the state" as the primary function of think tanks. Second, theoretical grounds—the classic frameworks of modern think-tank research (Dickson's definition of "think tanks", Rich's study of the politics of think tanks and policy expertise, and McGann's cross-national comparison of global think tanks), which generally take "research output", "policy influence", "independence" and "public communication" as the core variables of think-tank capability. Third, evaluation-methodology grounds—the four iron rules followed by this index (public weights, public algorithm, public data sources, reproducibility), and the CPPPS four-layer indicator framework (objective, reputation, expert, contribution).
智库是现代国家治理体系中"生产思想、影响决策"的专门机构。本算法对智库的评价,建立在三组依据之上:其一,政策依据——十八届三中全会关于"加强中国特色新型智库建设"的部署与中办、国办《关于加强中国特色新型智库建设的意见》确立的国家高端智库建设导向,将"服务党和国家决策"列为智库的首要功能;其二,学理依据——现代智库研究的经典框架(Dickson 对"智库"概念的界定、Rich 对智库与政策专业知识之政治的研究、McGann 对全球智库的跨国比较),普遍以"研究产出""政策影响""独立性"与"公共传播"作为智库能力的核心变量;其三,评价方法论依据——本指数所遵循的四条铁律(权重公开、算法公开、数据源公开、可复现),以及 CPPPS 四层指标框架(客观、声誉、专家、贡献)。
Based on the above grounds, this algorithm deconstructs think-tank capability into four measurable dimensions:
基于上述依据,本算法将智库能力解构为四个可测度的维度:
- 规模(Scale):研究人员数量、高级专家数量、研究成果数量——反映智库的智力资源体量与知识生产规模。
- 质量(Quality):成果被引/转载次数(学术与社会影响力)与人均成果效率——反映成果的真实影响力与生产效率,剔除"堆量不增效"的泡沫。
- 创新(Innovation):研究创新指数(新兴领域布局、研究方法论突破、跨学科交叉)——反映智库在前沿议题上的前瞻能力与开风气之先的能力。
- 贡献(Contribution):政策建言被采纳、进入决策的项数——反映智库"服务国家决策"的实际效果,是中国特色新型智库区别于国际智库榜单的核心维度。
二、模型的数学结构
Each underlying indicator is first unified into the 0–1 range via min-max standardization, and large-span indicators (researchers, senior experts, research outputs, citation counts, adopted advice) first take the natural logarithm to curb head monopoly:
各项底层指标首先经 min-max 标准化统一至 0–1 区间,大跨度指标(研究人员、高级专家、研究成果、被引次数、建言采纳)先取自然对数以抑制头部垄断:
σ(x) = (x − xmin) / (xmax − xmin) ; 对规模/影响类指标先取 ln(x)
The four-dimensional sub-scores are defined as follows:
四维子得分定义如下:
规模 S = 0.35·ln(研究人员)′ + 0.30·ln(高级专家)′ + 0.35·ln(研究成果)′
质量 Q = 0.70·ln(被引/转载)′ + 0.30·ln(1+人均成果)′
创新 I = 创新指数′
贡献 C = ln(建言采纳)′
Here ′ denotes the 0–1 value after min-max standardization. The four dimensions are weighted and summed, and mapped to a 0–100 composite score:
其中 ′ 表示经 min-max 标准化后的 0–1 值。四维按权重加权求和,映射为 0–100 综合得分:
综合得分 = 100 × [ 0.25·S + 0.30·Q + 0.20·I + 0.25·C ]
The weight design embodies the orientation of "emphasizing quality and contribution": Quality accounts for 30% (the influence of ideas is the foundation of a think tank), Contribution for 25% (serving decision-making is the first function of think tanks with Chinese characteristics), Scale for 25% (talent and outputs are the foundation), and Innovation for 20% (foresight determines the long-term vitality of a think tank). The four weights sum to 1, ensuring the scores are normalized and comparable.
权重设计体现"重质量、重贡献"的导向:质量占 30%(思想的影响力是智库的根本),贡献占 25%(服务决策是中国特色智库的第一功能),规模占 25%(人才与成果是基础),创新占 20%(前瞻性决定智库的长期生命力)。四项权重之和为 1,保证得分归一可比。
三、指标与权重依据
| 指标 | 方向 | 处理 | 权重 | 维度 | 依据 |
| 研究人员数量 | 正向 | 对数 | 规模 0.35 | 规模 | 智力资源体量;Dickson 智库定义 |
| 高级专家数量 | 正向 | 对数 | 规模 0.30 | 规模 | 顶尖人才储备(院士/学部委员/正高) |
| 研究成果数量 | 正向 | 对数 | 规模 0.35 | 规模 | 知识生产规模;研究报告/专著/论文 |
| 成果被引/转载 | 正向 | 对数 | 质量 0.70 | 质量 | 学术与社会影响力;引用即认可 |
| 人均成果效率 | 正向 | 对数 | 质量 0.30 | 质量 | 生产效率;剔除"堆量不增效" |
| 研究创新指数 | 正向 | 线性 | 创新 1.00 | 创新 | 新兴领域布局、方法论突破 |
| 政策建言采纳 | 正向 | 对数 | 贡献 1.00 | 贡献 | 服务国家决策;《意见》首要功能 |
四、数据来源与局限性
The number of researchers, senior experts, research outputs, citation/republication counts, adopted advice items and the research-innovation index used in this ranking are all approximate values based on public knowledge (institutional websites, public research reports over the years, public academic and media citation records, etc.), not item-by-item officially audited data, uniformly marked "subject to official figures" to clarify their traceable and revisable boundaries. The model has the following limitations: first, the core output of a think tank (the influence of ideas) is hard to quantify completely, and "citations/republications" and "adopted advice" are only partial proxy variables, so true influence may be under-recorded; second, a large amount of classified outputs and undisclosed internal reports of government-type and academic-type think tanks are not included in statistics, so their actual contributions may be underestimated; third, min-max standardization is sensitive to extreme values, and an individual institution's peak in one dimension may affect the overall distribution of that dimension. This ranking is provided for research reference only and does not constitute any basis for resource allocation or decision-making.
本排名所采用的研究人员数、高级专家数、研究成果数、被引/转载次数、建言采纳项数及研究创新指数,均为基于公开知识(机构官网、历年公开研究报告、公开学术与媒体引用记录等)的近似值,非逐项官方审计数据,统一标注"以官方为准"以明示其可追溯与可修正的边界。模型存在以下局限:其一,智库的核心产出(思想影响力)难以完全量化,"被引/转载"与"建言采纳"仅为部分代理变量,真实影响力可能存在漏记;其二,政府型与学术型智库的大量涉密成果、未公开的内部报告不纳入统计,其实际贡献可能被低估;其三,min-max 标准化对极端值敏感,个别机构在某维度的峰值会影响该维度的整体分布。本排名仅供研究参考,不构成任何资源配置或决策依据。
五、参考文献
- 《中共中央关于全面深化改革若干重大问题的决定》(2013)——加强中国特色新型智库建设。
- 中共中央办公厅、国务院办公厅:《关于加强中国特色新型智库建设的意见》(2015)。
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