On April 21st, at the 2024 China Medical Development Conference, the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences released the "Important Medical Achievements of 21st Century in China". Three research achievements were included: the innovative protein profiling system, the discovery of new leukemia biomarkers and drug targets based on the mechanism of myeloid leukemia, and the elucidation of molecular mechanisms of non-classical cell necrosis and identification of related protein family members.
According to Wang Jianwei, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Secretary-General of the Academic Advisory Committee of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, the "Important Medical Achievements of China in the 21st Century" focuses on the major medical and technological achievements completed by Chinese scholars in this century. These achievements should have significant originality and leadership, have a profound impact on supporting the country's high-level scientific and technological self-reliance, and guaranteeing the major needs of the people's health. They should also have gained full recognition and application through long-term evaluation both domestically and internationally.
In the evaluation process, two independent technical routes, namely quantitative calculation from the perspective of informatics and achievement collection, were carried out and merged to verify each other. The list was then submitted for communication selection by all members of the academic department committee and finally approved by the Academic Advisory Executive Committee of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. This year, three important medical achievements were selected.
In the selection of "Important Medical Achievements of China in the 21st Century," in order to further standardize and guide the selection of indicators, the research team innovatively proposed the "Five Dimensions" conceptual model from the perspective of informatics. This model suggests that evaluation indicators should be objective, reflect evaluation orientation, be independent of each other, have obtainable numerical values, and be concise. Based on the previous analysis of representative literature of Nobel Prize winners in Physiology or Medicine, a quantitative evaluation index for "originality and leadership" achievements was proposed, highlighting the top 0.05% of citation frequency ranking for single papers and other evaluation indicators such as the peak citation value of papers published for five years or more. From the expert perspective, achievements were evaluated from the five-dimensional values of science, technology, economy, society, and culture based on expert academic appreciation. Finally, a candidate achievement list was formed by integrating the analysis and evaluation results from both the informatics and expert perspectives.
This year's "Important Medical Achievements of China in the 21st Century" marks the fourth consecutive year of its release by the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.
