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Science productivity growth in the EU
There are various method of measuring the productivity in science, an easy statistic to obtain deals with scientific publications. The November 27th issue of Chemical and Engineering News, published in the US by the American Chemical Society has a comprehensive article on the subject. As for Scientific papers per capita, Sweden leads the pack with 1,137 per million, with Switzerland, Israel, Finland and Denmark following not far behind. The next 5 are the Netherlands (800), UK (796), Australia (773), Canada (748) and New Zealand (745). The US stands in the 12th position with 707. However the US because of its size (300 million) publishes the largest number of papers, singularly, and around 30% of the total globally. As globalization has occurred that fraction has dropped from steadily throughout the recent years (38% in 1988). The total number of US papers published yearly has risen from 177,000 to 211,000 in this period while the rest of the world has risen from 290,000 to 490,000. The major contributor to this increase has been the European Union (from 135,000 to 220,000, a 64% increase, with the US rising by 19%. France and Germany have had 48% and 61% increases, respectively, and Spain, starting from a lower base, has improved by 210%. The UK is still the highest producer of papers in Europe although their growth has been slightly less (32%). As one might expect, China has seen a relative explosion in productivity but started from a very low base, growing from 4,600 to 29,000 (532%). As for quality of publications (citations in High-Impact journals), the top 5%, the US figure has dropped from 62 to 44% from 1998 to 2003. Europe's rating has ìmproved from 22 to 30% and Japan from 4.8 to 6.7%. It would appear that "old Europe" is not quite dead yet. |
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Wow evleth talking about travel ? Guess again
Great now take your pill, the red one this time.
Don't forget your Xmas party ! "Earl Evleth" a écrit dans le message de news: ... There are various method of measuring the productivity in science, an easy statistic to obtain deals with scientific publications. The November 27th issue of Chemical and Engineering News, published in the US by the American Chemical Society has a comprehensive article on the subject. As for Scientific papers per capita, Sweden leads the pack with 1,137 per million, with Switzerland, Israel, Finland and Denmark following not far behind. The next 5 are the Netherlands (800), UK (796), Australia (773), Canada (748) and New Zealand (745). The US stands in the 12th position with 707. However the US because of its size (300 million) publishes the largest number of papers, singularly, and around 30% of the total globally. As globalization has occurred that fraction has dropped from steadily throughout the recent years (38% in 1988). The total number of US papers published yearly has risen from 177,000 to 211,000 in this period while the rest of the world has risen from 290,000 to 490,000. The major contributor to this increase has been the European Union (from 135,000 to 220,000, a 64% increase, with the US rising by 19%. France and Germany have had 48% and 61% increases, respectively, and Spain, starting from a lower base, has improved by 210%. The UK is still the highest producer of papers in Europe although their growth has been slightly less (32%). As one might expect, China has seen a relative explosion in productivity but started from a very low base, growing from 4,600 to 29,000 (532%). As for quality of publications (citations in High-Impact journals), the top 5%, the US figure has dropped from 62 to 44% from 1998 to 2003. Europe's rating has ìmproved from 22 to 30% and Japan from 4.8 to 6.7%. It would appear that "old Europe" is not quite dead yet. |
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