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A two-dimensional approach to evaluate the scientific production of countries (case study: The basic sciences)

Nejati, A ; Sharif University of Technology

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1007/s11192-009-0103-1
  3. Abstract:
  4. The quantity and quality of scientific output of the topmost 50 countries in the four basic sciences (agricultural & biological sciences, chemistry, mathematics, and physics & astronomy) are studied in the period of the recent 12 years (1996-2007). In order to rank the countries, a novel two-dimensional method is proposed, which is inspired by the H-index and other methods based on quality and quantity measures. The countries data are represented in a "quantity-quality diagram", and partitioned by a conventional statistical algorithm into three clusters, members of which are rather the same in all of the basic sciences. The results offer a new perspective on the global positions of countries with regards to their scientific output
  5. Keywords:
  6. Basic science ; Quality ; Quantity ; Scientific production
  7. Source: Scientometrics ; Volume 84, Issue 2 , 2010 , Pages 357-364 ; 01389130 (ISSN)
  8. URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11192-009-0103-1