| Table 5-19 |
| U.S. article output, by S&E field:
Selected years, 1988–2001 |
| |
 |
| Field |
1988 |
1991 |
1993 |
1995 |
1997 |
1999 |
2001 |
|
| All fields |
177,662 |
194,015 |
197,397 |
202,887 |
197,531 |
198,524 |
200,870 |
| Clinical medicine |
55,016 |
59,488 |
61,312 |
63,367 |
62,676 |
63,190 |
63,709 |
| Biomedical research |
27,455 |
31,177 |
33,117 |
35,048 |
33,661 |
33,423 |
34,041 |
| Biology |
12,862 |
13,898 |
12,671 |
12,664 |
12,027 |
11,271 |
12,499 |
| Chemistry |
13,186 |
14,681 |
15,089 |
14,915 |
14,375 |
14,491 |
14,342 |
| Physics |
18,023 |
20,515 |
19,602 |
19,709 |
18,048 |
18,074 |
17,385 |
| Earth/space sciences |
8,053 |
9,113 |
9,830 |
10,886 |
10,540 |
11,209 |
11,272 |
| Engineering/technology |
11,817 |
12,838 |
13,303 |
13,801 |
12,907 |
13,564 |
13,889 |
| Mathematics |
3,880 |
3,382 |
3,453 |
3,190 |
3,051 |
3,561 |
3,657 |
| Social/behavorial sciences |
27,370 |
28,922 |
29,019 |
29,307 |
30,246 |
29,742 |
30,075 |
|
|
| |
NOTE: Social/behavioral sciences include
social sciences, psychology, health sciences, and professional fields.
SOURCES: Institute for Scientific Information, Science Citation Index
and Social Sciences Citation Index; CHI Research, Inc.; and National
Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, special
tabulations. See appendix
table 5-36. |
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| Science & Engineering Indicators
— 2004 |
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