[LINK] Aussie research

Wed Jan 14 01:31:11 AEDT 2009

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> stephen at melbpc.org.au
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> 
> 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/

Well, I would have calculated it differently - of course.
Which based on my method would place australia at number 4 globally, not
11.
The number of papers needs to be correlated to the total potential
output of a country in other words, its population.

Rank Field      	Papers 	Pop	            Papers as a % of
Pop.

16  SWITZERLAND  	168,527	7,667,700	      2.198%
15  SWEDEN       	174,418	9,259,000	      1.884%
13  NETHERLANDS  	231,682	16,489,500	      1.405%
11  AUSTRALIA     267,134	21,557,700	      1.239%
--------------------------------------------------------
7   CANADA        414,248	33,519,000	      1.236%
20  BELGIUM     	125,520	10,741,000	      1.169%
4   ENGLAND     	678,686	61,612,300	      1.102%
1   USA        	2,959,661	306,126,000	      0.967%
3   GERMANY       766,146	82,062,200	      0.934%
6   FRANCE        548,279	65,073,482	      0.843%
8   ITALY       	394,428	60,090,400	      0.656%
9   SPAIN         292,146	45,853,000	      0.637%
18  TAIWAN      	144,807	23,027,672	      0.629%
2   JAPAN        	796,807	127,704,000	      0.624%
14  SOUTH KOREA  	218,077	48,224,000	      0.452%
19  POLAND      	131,646	38,130,300	      0.345%
10  RUSSIA        276,801	141,735,840	      0.195%
17  BRAZIL      	157,860	188,501,000	      0.084%
5   PR CHINA     	573,486	1,335,870,000	0.043%
12  INDIA         237,364	1,143,080,000	0.021%

On the other hand if this was an OECD commissioned report I would have
to relate it back to the individual per capita living standard for it to
be a meaningful number.

The interesting observation I should like to make - annecdotally of
course, my calc appears to have identified the standard of living
automatically.

Just an observation ....

Tom

-
Cheers all
Stephen Loosley

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