The Institute for Scientific Information at the Web of Science Group, a Clarivate Analytics company, has released a new Global Research Report that reveals the untapped potential of the research base in South and East Asia.
The report examines the research output of 14 countries in S&E Asia, their levels of international collaboration, and research Impact Profiles using data from Web of Science. It finds that – in terms of relative quantity and quality – research in the region still lags significantly behind its European and more established Asian neighbours (for example China, Japan and South Korea) and the authors make key recommendations for how S&E Asian countries might improve their national research performance.
The report recommends three actions to address the gap between economic development and research performance: Investing in people; Freeing universities to pursue their own programs of thought and innovation; and Devoting resources to research.
The report also finds that, for S&E Asia nations other than Singapore, impact gained through international collaborations is very substantial and it is this activity that lifts their average research impact above world average. For some of the S&E Asia region, it is evident that many recent research achievements have been dependent on international links. Now, these countries are in an increasingly strong position to benefit from their own potential to grow through their national investments, through the emergence of a regional network, and through collaborations with neighbouring countries. India is described in the report as a ‘sleeping giant’ of research, with a lower collaboration rate than most.
It should be noted that this report is one of only a few in-depth bibliometric studies of national activity and performance across S&E Asia. Most analyses published over the last decade have focused on the ASEAN members as a group or on individual ASEAN members in specific research areas.
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