title: Who, What and Where (WWW) Problems in Scientific Communities.
abstract: The results of the National Higher Education Entrance Examination (Gaokao, in Chinese) have a life-long effect on most Chinese by labeling them clever or not. Some of the following rules of the Gaokao enhance the damage, for example, the rule of Who, What and Where. In general, Who you are and What you have done are of secondary importance, but Where you graduated from, especially the college of first-record is the most important, but discriminatory criterion in the recruitment courses of most of scientific communities and social organizations in China.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, 116026, China. phygao@yeah.net.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, 116026, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: School of Physical Electronics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China.
authors.forename: Jinlan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nie
mesh_terms: D003099:College Admission Test; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D009938:Organizations; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D012586:Science; D063508:Social Discrimination; D014495:Universities
keywords: NSFC; Project 211; Project 985; WWW rule