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A Review of Canadian Publications and Impact in the Natural Sciences and Engineering, 1996 to 2005

A Review of Canadian Publications and Impact in the Natural Sciences and Engineering, 1996 to 2005. OST Colloquium/Colloque April 26, 2007 Barney Laciak Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en g é nie du Canada

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A Review of Canadian Publications and Impact in the Natural Sciences and Engineering, 1996 to 2005

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  1. A Review of Canadian Publications and Impact in the Natural Sciences and Engineering, 1996 to 2005 OST Colloquium/Colloque April 26, 2007 Barney Laciak Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada bjl@nserc.ca (613) 996-1079

  2. Research by All Sectors/Fields University Research by Field Canadian Research in Science and Engineering, 2005 Total: $26.3 Billion Total: $9.8 Billion University Research in Science and Engineering by Funder NSERC’s Reach(percentage of eligible population supported) Total: $4.2 Billion

  3. Challenges Facing BibliometricsThe Next Ten Years • Simple and brief • Meaningful indicators and standardization • Make people care beyond the academic community • Attribution

  4. Previous OST Study NSERC-Funded Share of Canadian Publications by Discipline 1996-99 (%) NSE Source: Observatoire des Sciences et des Technologies

  5. Number of Canadian Publications in the NSE and World Share Source: Observatoire des sciences et des technologies

  6. Number of Publications for Select Countries in the NSE and World Share, 2005 Source: Observatoire des sciences et des technologies

  7. Change in World Share of NSE Publications 2005 vs. 1996 Source: Observatoire des sciences et des technologies

  8. World Canada Publications = 467,963 Publications = 21,086 Distribution of Publications by Field, Canada and the World, 2005 Source: Observatoire des sciences et des technologies

  9. Specialization Index in the NSE for G7 Countries Source: Observatoire des sciences et des technologies

  10. Number of Internationally Co-authored Canadian Publications in the NSE and Share of Canadian Total Source: Observatoire des sciences et des technologies

  11. Performance Indicators

  12. Average Relative Impact Factor (ARIF) in the NSE, 2005 Sources: Observatoire des sciences et des technologies. Only includes countries with at least 3,000 publications in the NSE in 2005.

  13. Average Relative Impact Factor (ARIF) in the NSE by Field for Canada, 2005 x – Canada’s ARIF rank for top 32 countries x% - % of the ARIF value of the top country 6 91% 8 88% 9 88% 11 84% 16 84% 10 88% 15 91% 14 82% Source: Observatoire des sciences et des technologies

  14. Canadian Specialization (SI) and Impact (ARIF) by Field, 2001-2005 0.10 Chemistry 0.08 Physics 0.06 Biomedical Research Earth and Space Sci. 0.04 0.02 Log (ARIF) 0.00 Biology Engineering Mathematics -0.02 -0.04 -0.06 -0.30 -0.20 -0.10 0.00 0.10 0.20 0.30 Log (SI) SI = Specialization Index, ARIF = Average Relative Impact Factor. Source: Observatoire des sciences et des technologies

  15. Canadian Specialization (SI) and Impact (ARIF) by Subfield, Biology 2001-2005 7 9 8 1. Agriculture & Food Science 2. Botany 3. Dairy & Animal Sci. 4. Ecology 5. Entomology 6. General Biology 7. General Zoology 8. Marine Biology & Hydrobiology 9. Misc. Biology 10. Misc. Zoology 4 5 10 3 2 6 1 SI = Specialization Index, ARIF = Average Relative Impact Factor. Bubble size proportional to world share of publications in the subfield. Source: Observatoire des sciences et des technologies

  16. Canadian Specialization (SI) and Impact (ARIF) by Subfield, Biomedical Research, 2001-2005 1. Anatomy & Morphology 2. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 3. Biomedical Engineering 4. Biophysics 5. Cellular Biology/Cytology/Histology 6. Embryology 7. General Biomedical Research 8. Genetics & Heredity 9. Microbiology 10. Microscopy 11. Misc. Biomedical Research 12. Nutrition & Dietetic 13. Parasitology 14. Physiology 15. Virology 7 1 11 12 8 5 13 10 9 4 15 2 3 14 6 SI = Specialization Index, ARIF = Average Relative Impact Factor. Bubble size proportional to world share of publications in the subfield. Source: Observatoire des sciences et des technologies

  17. Canadian Specialization (SI) and Impact (ARIF) by Subfield, Chemistry, 2001-2005 4 1. Analytical Chemistry 2. Applied Chemistry 3. General Chemistry 4. Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry 5. Organic Chemistry 6. Physical Chemistry 7. Polymers 3 1 2 5 7 6 SI = Specialization Index, ARIF = Average Relative Impact Factor. Bubble size proportional to world share of publications in the subfield. Source: Observatoire des sciences et des technologies

  18. Canadian Specialization (SI) and Impact (ARIF) by Subfield, Earth and Space Sciences, 2001-2005 1 6 4 1. Astronomy & Astrophysics 2. Earth & Planetary Science 3. Environmental Science 4. Geology 5. Meteorology & Atmospheric Sci. 6. Oceanography & Limnology 3 5 2 SI = Specialization Index, ARIF = Average Relative Impact Factor. Bubble size proportional to world share of publications in the subfield. Source: Observatoire des sciences et des technologies

  19. Canadian Specialization (SI) and Impact (ARIF) by Subfield, Engineering, 2001-2005 1. Aerospace Technology 2. Chemical Engineering 3. Civil Engineering 4. Computers 5. Electrical Eng. & Electronics 6. General Engineering 7. Industrial Engineering 8. Library & Information Sci. 9. Materials Science 10. Mechanical Engineering 11. Metals & Metallurgy 12. Misc. Engineering 13. Nuclear Technology 14. Operations Research 12 13 6 4 10 1 5 7 14 8 2 9 11 3 SI = Specialization Index, ARIF = Average Relative Impact Factor. Bubble size proportional to world share of publications in the subfield. Source: Observatoire des sciences et des technologies

  20. Canadian Specialization (SI) and Impact (ARIF) by Subfield, Mathematics, 2001-2005 1. Applied Mathematics 2. General Mathematics 3. Miscellaneous Mathematics 4. Probability & Statistics 2 4 3 1 SI = Specialization Index, ARIF = Average Relative Impact Factor. Bubble size proportional to world share of publications in the subfield. Source: Observatoire des sciences et des technologies

  21. Canadian Specialization (SI) and Impact (ARIF) by Subfield, Physics 2001-2005 1. Acoustics 2. Applied Physics 3. Chemical Physics 4. Fluids & Plasmas 5. General Physics 6. Misc. Physics 7. Nuclear & Particle Physics 8. Optics 9. Solid State Physics 5 9 7 8 2 1 4 3 6 SI = Specialization Index, ARIF = Average Relative Impact Factor. Bubble size proportional to world share of publications in the subfield. Source: Observatoire des sciences et des technologies

  22. Number of Subfields in the NSE with ARIF>1 by Country, 2001-2005 Source: Observatoire des sciences et des technologies.

  23. Number of Canadian Publications in the World’s Two Most Prestigious Science Journals, Nature and Science Source: Science Citation Index.

  24. Science and Nature Index1, 2001-2005 1. World share of Science and Nature publications by world share of natural science publications. Source: Observatoire des sciences et des technologies, Science Citation Index.

  25. Top 10 Index1 in the NSE by Field, 2005 1. Percentage of publications in the top 10% of journals divided by percentage of world publications for the country in the field. Source: Observatoire des sciences et des technologies

  26. Per Capita Output of Publications in the NSE, 2005 Sources: Observatoire des sciences et des technologies, OECD, 2005 CIA World Fact Book. Only includes countries with at least 3,000 articles in the NSE in 2005.

  27. Number of Publications in the NSE Per $B (PPP) Public R&D, 2005 Sources: Observatoire des sciences et des technologies, OECD, Public R&D = HERD + GOVERD for 2003 or most recent year. Only includes countries with at least 3,000 articles in the NSE in 2005.

  28. Number of Publications in the NSE Per 1000 Public Researchers, 2005 Sources: Observatoire des sciences et des technologies, OECD, Public Researchers = HE + GOV researchers for 2003 or most recent year. Only includes countries with at least 3,000 articles in the NSE in 2005.

  29. Capacity Index by Country, 2005 Sources: Observatoire des sciences et des technologies, NSERC estimates.

  30. Indicators of Use? • Citations to articles in patents • Univerty-Industry-Government collaborative papers, Industry-Gov’t citation • Quality of training?

  31. NSE Publication Footprint – Canada 2005 NSE Publications: 21,086 Rank: 7th World Share: 4.5% 2001-05 Source: Observatoire des Sciences et des Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based on percentage of lead country value for each indicator except for breadth of excellence based on 65 subfields.

  32. NSE Publication Footprint – United States 2005 NSE Publications: 138,503 Rank: 1st World Share: 29.6% 2001-05 Source: Observatoire des Sciences et des Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based on percentage of lead country value for each indicator except for breadth of excellence based on 65 subfields.

  33. NSE Publication Footprint – Japan 2005 NSE Publications: 44,110 Rank: 2nd World Share: 9.4% 2001-05 Source: Observatoire des Sciences et des Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based on percentage of lead country value for each indicator except for breadth of excellence based on 65 subfields.

  34. NSE Publication Footprint – China 2005 NSE Publications: 42,117 Rank: 3rd World Share: 9.0% 2001-05 Source: Observatoire des Sciences et des Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based on percentage of lead country value for each indicator except for breadth of excellence based on 65 subfields.

  35. NSE Publication Footprint – Germany 2005 NSE Publications: 40,803 Rank: 4th World Share: 8.7% 2001-05 Source: Observatoire des Sciences et des Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based on percentage of lead country value for each indicator except for breadth of excellence based on 65 subfields.

  36. NSE Publication Footprint – U.K. 2005 NSE Publications: 34,974 Rank: 5th World Share: 7.5% 2001-05 Source: Observatoire des Sciences et des Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based on percentage of lead country value for each indicator except for breadth of excellence based on 65 subfields.

  37. NSE Publication Footprint – France 2005 NSE Publications: 31,758 Rank: 6th World Share: 6.8% 2001-05 Source: Observatoire des Sciences et des Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based on percentage of lead country value for each indicator except for breadth of excellence based on 65 subfields.

  38. NSE Publication Footprint – Italy 2005 NSE Publications: 20,854 Rank: 8th World Share: 4.5% 2001-05 Source: Observatoire des Sciences et des Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based on percentage of lead country value for each indicator except for breadth of excellence based on 65 subfields.

  39. NSE Publication Footprint – Russia 2005 NSE Publications: 18,252 Rank: 9th World Share: 3.9% 2001-05 Source: Observatoire des Sciences et des Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based on percentage of lead country value for each indicator except for breadth of excellence based on 65 subfields.

  40. NSE Publication Footprint – Spain 2005 NSE Publications: 17,682 Rank: 10th World Share: 3.8% 2001-05 Source: Observatoire des Sciences et des Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based on percentage of lead country value for each indicator except for breadth of excellence based on 65 subfields.

  41. NSE Publication Footprint – South Korea 2005 NSE Publications: 15,381 Rank: 11th World Share: 3.3% 2001-05 Source: Observatoire des Sciences et des Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based on percentage of lead country value for each indicator except for breadth of excellence based on 65 subfields.

  42. NSE Publication Footprint – Australia 2005 NSE Publications: 12,796 Rank: 13th World Share: 2.7% 2001-05 Source: Observatoire des Sciences et des Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based on percentage of lead country value for each indicator except for breadth of excellence based on 65 subfields.

  43. NSE Publication Footprint – Netherlands 2005 NSE Publications: 10,316 Rank: 14th World Share: 2.2% 2001-05 Source: Observatoire des Sciences et des Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based on percentage of lead country value for each indicator except for breadth of excellence based on 65 subfields.

  44. NSE Publication Footprint – Switzerland 2005 NSE Publications: 8,976 Rank: 15th World Share: 1.9% 2001-05 Source: Observatoire des Sciences et des Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based on percentage of lead country value for each indicator except for breadth of excellence based on 65 subfields.

  45. NSE Publication Footprint – Taiwan 2005 NSE Publications: 8,836 Rank: 16th World Share: 1.9% 2001-05 Source: Observatoire des Sciences et des Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based on percentage of lead country value for each indicator except for breadth of excellence based on 65 subfields.

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