National research priorities in a global perspective :
a bibliometric analysis
(2006) National research priorities in a global perspective :
a bibliometric analysis
. In Proceedings International Workshop on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics & Seventh COLLNET Meeting, Nancy (France).
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Abstract
This study examines inter-country similarities and differences in the priority accorded to eight macro-fields of science (Clinical medicine, Biomedical research, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth and space sciences, Engineering & technology and Mathematics). This study is based on the contribution of top 30 countries to the mainstream scientific literature indexed by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). Obviously, raw counts of publication are confounded by the size of research fields and the size of the countries. Hence an index of research priority was constructed for cross-national comparison... A novel graphic technique, viz. Parallel Coordinates, was used for visualizing the priority profiles of the countries. Cluster analysis and multi-dimensional scaling were used to construct a typology of countries based on similarities of their priority profiles. Implications of this study for science policy are briefly discussed
| Keywords: | national research priorities, global perspective, bibliometrics |
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| Subjects: | B. Information use and sociology of information. > BB. Bibliometric methods. B. Information use and sociology of information. |
| ID Code: | 6345 |
| Deposited By: | Morrison, Heather G |
| Deposited On: | 26 June 2006 |
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