Table 5-20
Per capita output of S&E articles, by country/economy: 1999–2001
 
Country/economy Articles/1 million
inhabitants
Switzerland 1,165.0
Sweden 1,139.3
Israel 1,055.2
Finland 960.5
Denmark 932.2
United Kingdom 821.9
Netherlands 800.5
Australia 794.2
United States 722.2
Norway 720.0
Singapore 590.3
France 538.6
Germany 530.5
OECD 490.3
Japan 445.6
Ireland 429.9
Spain 382.7
Italy 371.4
Taiwan 330.3
Czech Republic 241.4
South Korea 206.8
Portugal 191.3
Poland 139.9
Russia 116.4
Worldwidea 108.8
Bulgaria 103.7
Argentina 77.8
Chile 75.7
South Africa 55.8
Brazil 38.8
Lebanon 37.3
Mexico 31.8
Egypt 23.2
Costa Rica 22.8
Malaysia 21.9
China 14.8
Iran 13.6
Thailand 10.8
India 10.8
Kenya 8.6
Guatemala 1.5
 
aExcludes Bosnia, Taiwan, and several small countries and island countries because of lack of population data.

NOTES: Countries/economies listed in descending rank order by average of per capita output for 1999–2001. Counts based on fractional assignments (e.g., an article with two authors from different countries is counted as half an article for each country).

SOURCES: Institute for Scientific Information, Science Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Indexes; CHI Research, Inc.; and National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, special tabulations; population data (except Taiwan)—World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002 (Washington, DC, 2002); Taiwan population—U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook 2002 (Washington, DC, 2002).
 
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