The Institute for Scientific Information at the Web of Science Group launched a new report which examines the research performance of the G20 with a visual comparative snapshot for each G20 nation, ahead of the Osaka summit in Japan from June 28-29. The Web of Science Group is part of Clarivate Analytics plc, a global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics to accelerate the pace of innovation.
The world’s most prosperous economies are also among the most innovative and innovation is driven first and foremost by research. Research boosts economic growth and drives progress as the benefits of research are realised through economic, social and cultural outcomes.
The report, The Annual G20 Scorecard – Research Performance 2019 includes both a written summary and a host of graphs and exhibits that highlight the research performance of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom and the United States. It shows that collectively the 19 countries of the G20 represent 65% of the world’s population; produce >80% of global GDP; spend 92% of global R&D; employ 87% of the world’s researchers; and publish 70% of the global research papers indexed in the Web of Science with more than five million articles and reviews indexed for the last three years.
The profiles within the report are selective, highlighting chosen topics of current policy interest that identify good signals of the health of the research base. Key factors that contribute to impactful research are laid out for each nation in the report and cover international engagement; relative research funding within the wider economy; gender balance in the research workforce; open access to research; and a summary of publication output and citation impact along with a deconstruction of these indicators by main research areas in sciences and humanities.
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