Among those elected, the five in the category of math and physical sciences are all engineering specialists, suggesting that applied science is being given increasing importance within the Academia Sinica. There was more diversity in the biology / chemistry group, with electees including specialists in medicine, neurology and molecular biology. The social science and humanities group, meanwhile, following an old tradition, continued to be dominated by economists.
這次當選的院士，數理組的五人都是工程學的專家，顯示應用科學漸受中研院的重視；生物組新院士專長涵蓋範圍較廣，醫學、精神科學，及分子生物領域都有，相當平均；人文組則仍是經濟學的天下，也是中研院人文組的老傳統。