Web of Science data show that G20 nations are drivers of the
global research system
LONDON, June 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Institute
for Scientific Information at the Web of Science Group today
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 28-29 June. The
Web of Science Group is part of Clarivate Analytics plc (NYSE: CCC;
CCC.WS), 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 realized 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
- 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: collaboration between countries
accounts for about half of G20 output and produces some of the most
impactful research
- Relative research funding within the wider economy: the EU aims
to fund research at a minimum of 3% GDP by 2020
- Gender balance in the research workforce: UNESCO reports that
globally 30% of researchers are female
- Open access to research: the EU is driving Plan S to make all
publicly-funded research publications immediately accessible and
one-third of G20 output in 2018 was published in an OA format
- A summary of publication output and citation impact along with
a deconstruction of these indicators by main research areas in
sciences and humanities
Jonathan Adams, Director at
the Institute for Scientific Information and a co-author of
this inaugural annual report said: "These scorecards cover both
large, mature economies and economies that are smaller or still
building their research base. We highlight the progress of their
development - there is no ranking of the countries profiled here,
because that would not be meaningful. This is a not a report on
comparative performance. These scorecards will help policy-makers,
observers and reporters to track, applaud and critique the research
progress of the G20 member nations."
NOTES TO EDITORS
The G20 is a group of 19
leading economies, with the EU as the additional 20th
member.
Global Research Reports is a new publication series from the
Institute for Scientific Information which aims to inform and
stimulate debate at the highest levels. The reports demonstrate the
huge potential of research data to inform management issues in
research assessment and research policy, and to accelerate
development of the global research base. This is the fourth
report of the series, launched in January
2019. Previous reports include:
GRR 1 – Profiles Not Metrics, January
2019
GRR 2 – The Plan S Footprint: Implications for the Scholarly
Publishing Landscape, February
2019
GRR 3 – Navigating the Structure of Research on Sustainable
Development Goals, April 2019
NEW: GRR 4 – The Annual G20 Scorecard: Research Performance 2019
can be downloaded here:
https://clarivate.com/g/the-annual-g20-scorecard-research-performance-2019/
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