In recent years standards of work by academic professionals in Taiwan have risen greatly, and there has been talk of "localizing" all institutions in Taiwan; the fact that three-fourths of the incumbent Academicians do their research work overseas is a focus of some controversy in society.
而國內學術水準近年來大為提昇，政治環境又是「本土化」熱浪襲人，連帶使得海外院士佔全院四分之三的院士選舉備受社會矚目。