| Table 5-22 |
| S&E articles, citations, and international citations, by selected region/country: 1998 and 2008 |
| (Percent) |
| |
| |
Share of world articles |
|
Share of world citations |
|
Share of world/country/economy
citations that are international |
| Country/region |
1998 |
2008 |
|
1998 |
2008 |
|
1998 |
2008 |
| |
| World |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
60.2 |
66.3 |
| United States |
34.0 |
28.9 |
|
46.9 |
38.3 |
|
46.9 |
51.8 |
| EU |
34.6 |
33.1 |
|
32.4 |
33.2 |
|
43.7 |
49.4 |
| China |
1.6 |
5.9 |
|
0.6 |
4.3 |
|
63.6 |
51.0 |
| Japan |
8.5 |
7.8 |
|
6.8 |
6.3 |
|
60.7 |
68.6 |
| Asia-8 |
3.6 |
6.8 |
|
1.5 |
4.6 |
|
61.8 |
65.3 |
| |
EU = European Union
NOTES: Article/citation counts from set of journals covered by Science Citation Index (SCI) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). Articles classified by year they entered database, rather than year of publication, and assigned to country/economy on basis of institutional address(es) listed on article. Articles on fractional-count basis, i.e., for articles with collaborating institutions from multiple countries/economies, each country/economy receives fractional credit on basis of proportion of its participating institutions. See appendix table 5-23 for countries/economies included in EU and Asia-8, which in this table are treated as single countries. Citation counts based on 3-year period with 2-year lag, e.g., citations for 1998 are references made in articles in 1998 data tape to articles in 1994–96 data tapes; data shown are for the 3 years in cited year window.
SOURCES: Thomson Reuters, SCI and SSCI, http://thomsonreuters.com/products_services/science/; The Patent BoardTM; and National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, special tabulations.
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