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National laser research progress in context of international developments

Golnabi, H ; Sharif University of Technology | 2008

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.3923/jas.2008.2958.2966
  3. Publisher: 2008
  4. Abstract:
  5. This study presents an up to date progress of the national and international laser research and developments. The number of scientific publications and accepted patents are considered as a figure of merit and based on these numbers the growth pace for the period of 1990-2003 is investigated. The share of top nations in scientific publications and in particular laser publications in term of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is presented. Four countries including the USA, Japan, Germany and China have a laser publication contribution of 58.9% while the rest of the world including (189) countries contribute 41.1%. However, for the case of accepted patents, which are the more important factor, these four countries hold a share of 90.1% while the remaining nations have a small share of 9.9%. The USA leads all the nations in the number of scientific publications, citations and laser publications, however, in terms of accepted laser patents Japan shows a big lead and has the highest patent/paper ratio (0.46). For Iran the total publication is 231 items (0.06% share) for the period of 1990-2003. © 2008 Asian Network for Scientific Information
  6. Keywords:
  7. Developments ; Figure of merits ; In contexts ; International development ; Laser research ; Scientific publications ; Patents and inventions ; Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ; Publishing
  8. Source: Journal of Applied Sciences ; Volume 8, Issue 17 , 2008 , Pages 2958-2966 ; 18125654 (ISSN)
  9. URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2008.2958.2966