[LINK] Aussie research

[Michael Skeggs mike@bystander.net]

Mind you, the Netherlands are looking like the all-stars.

2009/1/13  <stephen at melbpc.org.au>:
> Seems Australia is batting above our weight in science research papers:
>
> --
>  ScienceWatch.com presents its "Top 20" listings of the countries which,
> as of the latest update, achieved particular distinction based on their
> papers published .. from January 1998 through August 31, 2008, a 10-year
> plus 8-month period.
>
> The listings are confined to those nations, out of a pool of 147, which
> published at least 10,000 papers across all fields during the period ..
>
> Ranked by Papers
>
> Rank Field      Papers
>
> 1   USA        2,959,661
> 2   JAPAN        796,807
> 3   GERMANY      766,146
> 4   ENGLAND      678,686
> 5   PR CHINA     573,486
> 6   FRANCE       548,279
> 7   CANADA       414,248
> 8   ITALY        394,428
> 9   SPAIN        292,146
> 10  RUSSIA       276,801
> 11  AUSTRALIA    267,134
> 12  INDIA        237,364
> 13  NETHERLANDS  231,682
> 14  SOUTH KOREA  218,077
> 15  SWEDEN       174,418
> 16  SWITZERLAND  168,527
> 17  BRAZIL       157,860
> 18  TAIWAN       144,807
> 19  POLAND       131,646
> 20  BELGIUM      125,520
>
> SOURCE: Essential Science Indicators from Thomson Reuters.
>
> (Mind, we're ninth in citations ..ie, the number of times
>  other papers cite Australian scientific research papers.)
>
>  http://sciencewatch.com/dr/cou/2008/08decALL/
>
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> Cheers all
> Stephen Loosley
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