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Yuasa Phenomenon, named after Japanese physicist and science historian Mitsutomo Yuasa (sometimes referred to as Mintomo Yuasa), suggests that in the modern era, the world center of scientific activity (defined as producing more than 25% of the world's scientific achievements) moves from one country to another about every 80-100 years.[1][2]

Analyzed data states the "modern world science centre has shifted from Italy (1504–1610) to the United Kingdom (1660–1750)[anachronism], to France (1760– 1840), to Germany (1875–1920), and to the United States (1920 to the present)."[3][4]

This phenomenon and its study methodology are an emerging Scientometrics study area.[citation needed] Indicators[further explanation needed] are pointing to China rise as a world center of scientific activity.[5] This phenomenon is also described by other names including the Bernal—Yuasa phenomenon. [6]

Shigeo Minowa links Yuasa's finding to Joseph Ben-David movements of Centers of Learning.[7]

Ben-David's Centers of Learning migration observations are discussed in various works.[8][9][10]

References

  1. ^ Yuasa, Mitsutomo. "The shifting center of scientific activity in the West." Japanese Studies in the history of Science 1 (1962): 57-75.
  2. ^ Chen, Chaomei. "The Gathering Storm." In Turning Points, pp. 1-20. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2011
  3. ^ Wang, Chunfa. "Scientific Culture and the Construction of a World Leader in Science and Technology." Cultures of Science 1, no. 1 (2018): 1-13.
  4. ^ Zeng GP (2009) The four changes of world science centers. Chinese Social Sciences Today, 22 December, 6
  5. ^ Zhang, Yunong, Canhui Chen, Zhiyuan Qi, Ruifeng Wang, and Yingbiao Ling. "Year Prediction of Next Shifting of World’s Scientific Center Based on Yuasa Phenomenon and Data via ASF Method." In 2019 9th International Conference on Information Science and Technology (ICIST), pp. 122-127. IEEE, 2019.
  6. ^ Huang, Xi. "Improve the innovation resources agglomeration capacity of Shanghai." (2016).
  7. ^ Minowa, Shigeo. "The takeoff phenomenon: Is there a theory of book development?." Logos 2, no. 3 (1991): 140-144. url=https://doi.org/10.2959/logo.1991.2.3.140
  8. ^ Ben-David, Joseph. Centers of Learning: Britain, France, Germany, United States. Routledge, 2017.
  9. ^ Greenfeld, Liah, and Marcel Herbst, eds. The Ideals of Joseph Ben-David: The Scientist's Role and Centers of Learning Revisited. Transaction Publishers, 2012.
  10. ^ Ben-David, Joseph. "The rise and decline of France as a scientific centre." Minerva (1970): 160-179.


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