Web of Science data uncovers links between
The report, The Annual G20 Scorecard – Research Performance 2021 has been created by the Institute for Scientific Information™ at Clarivate ahead of this year's G20 Summit, which will be hosted virtually by
The report focuses on the different national responses to COVID-19 and the link to each region's research investment and subject diversity. It finds that regions with more even research bases, especially
The national research profiles within the report are selective, highlighting chosen topics of current policy interest that identify good signals of the health of the research base for each
Some key findings include:
- In
Australia output has doubled in a decade and continues to rise, driven by exceptional international collaboration. Brazil 's output is rising both domestically and for international collaboration. Open access output is very strong across most disciplines – especially for international papers.- Mainland
China boasts an enormous research workforce and a large volume of investment (more than two million researchers, Gross Expenditure on R&D [GERD] over 2% of GDP). The domestic research base is diversifying and growing in all areas with an expanding focus on social sciences on top of its solid technology base. - In
Germany , investment is higher than EU neighbors, with GERD over 3% of GDP, while output per researcher is aroundG20 average. The citation impact of the research is relatively good, especially in life sciences, and it has a 14% share of the world's top 10% of papers. - In
Italy , productivity per GERD is well aboveG20 average. Citation impact is good in all areas and the impact of domestic research is rising, while average performance is further boosted by international collaboration, which accounts for 55% of total output. - Research investment in
Mexico is low and continues to fall (GERD/GDP is 0.28%), but rising output is boosted by high and rising productivity. Citation impact is now slowing including international collaboration. - Productivity in
South Africa is high and output has been rising. There are consistently high levels of publication via open access across disciplines and the country has the second highest proportion of female researchers (45%). - In
South Korea , a large workforce and the highest G20 GERD/GDP (4.6%) translate into strong academic output in engineering, reflecting excellent private sector funding and activity. Levels of publication via open access models are rising in all areas. - For the
United Kingdom , the share of papers in the global top 10% (16.2% and rising) is the highest in theG20 . International collaboration is exceptionally high, and rising, for such a large economy. The proportion of female researchers (39%) is aboveG20 average. - In the
United States , although investment is rising, output has plateaued, and output/researcher has fallen below theG20 average.
Notes to editors:
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