A Review of Canadian Publications and Impact in the Natural Sciences and Engineering, 1996 to 2005

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A Review of Canadian Publications and Impact in
the Natural Sciences and Engineering, 1996 to 2005
OST Colloquium/Colloque April 26, 2007 Barney
Laciak Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
Council of Canada Conseil de recherches en
sciences naturelles et en génie du
Canada bjl_at_nserc.ca [phone]
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Canadian Research in Science and Engineering, 2005
Research by All Sectors/Fields
University Research by Field
Total 26.3 Billion
Total 9.8 Billion
University Research in Science and Engineering by
Funder
NSERCs Reach(percentage of eligible population
supported)
Total 4.2 Billion
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Challenges Facing BibliometricsThe Next Ten Years

• Simple and brief
• Meaningful indicators and standardization
• Make people care beyond the academic community
• Attribution

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Previous OST Study NSERC-Funded Share of
Canadian Publications by Discipline 1996-99 ()
NSE
Source Observatoire des Sciences et des
Technologies
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Number of Canadian Publications in the NSE and
World Share
Source Observatoire des sciences et des
technologies
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Number of Publications for Select Countries in
the NSE and World Share, 2005
Source Observatoire des sciences et des
technologies
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Change in World Share of NSE Publications 2005
vs. 1996
Source Observatoire des sciences et des
technologies
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Distribution of Publications by Field, Canada and
the World, 2005
Source Observatoire des sciences et des
technologies
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Specialization Index in the NSE for G7 Countries
Source Observatoire des sciences et des
technologies
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Number of Internationally Co-authored Canadian
Publications in the NSE and Share of Canadian
Total
Source Observatoire des sciences et des
technologies
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Performance Indicators
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Average Relative Impact Factor (ARIF) in the
NSE, 2005
Sources Observatoire des sciences et des
technologies. Only includes countries with at
least 3,000 publications in the NSE in 2005.
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Average Relative Impact Factor (ARIF) in the NSE
by Field for Canada, 2005
x Canadas ARIF rank for top 32 countries x -
of the ARIF value of the top country
6 91
8 88
9 88
11 84
16 84
10 88
15 91
14 82
Source Observatoire des sciences et des
technologies
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Canadian Specialization (SI) and Impact (ARIF)
by Field, 2001-2005
0.10
Chemistry
0.08
Physics
0.06
Biomedical Research
Earth and Space Sci.
0.04
0.02
Log (ARIF)
0.00
Biology
Engineering
Mathematics
-0.02
-0.04
-0.06
-0.30
-0.20
-0.10
0.00
0.10
0.20
0.30
Log (SI)
SI Specialization Index, ARIF Average
Relative Impact Factor. Source Observatoire des
sciences et des technologies
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Canadian Specialization (SI) and Impact (ARIF)
by Subfield, Biology 2001-2005
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9
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1. Agriculture Food Science 2. Botany 3. Dairy
Animal Sci. 4. Ecology 5. Entomology 6. General
Biology 7. General Zoology 8. Marine Biology
Hydrobiology 9. Misc. Biology 10. Misc. Zoology
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5
10
3
2
6
1
SI Specialization Index, ARIF Average
Relative Impact Factor. Bubble size proportional
to world share of publications in the subfield.
Source Observatoire des sciences et des
technologies
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Canadian Specialization (SI) and Impact (ARIF)
by Subfield, Biomedical Research, 2001-2005
1. Anatomy Morphology 2. Biochemistry
Molecular Biology 3. Biomedical Engineering 4.
Biophysics 5. Cellular Biology/Cytology/Histology
6. Embryology 7. General Biomedical Research 8.
Genetics Heredity 9. Microbiology 10.
Microscopy 11. Misc. Biomedical Research 12.
Nutrition Dietetic 13. Parasitology 14.
Physiology 15. Virology
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1
11
12
8
5
13
10
9
4
15
2
3
14
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SI Specialization Index, ARIF Average
Relative Impact Factor. Bubble size proportional
to world share of publications in the subfield.
Source Observatoire des sciences et des
technologies
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Canadian Specialization (SI) and Impact (ARIF)
by Subfield, Chemistry, 2001-2005
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1. Analytical Chemistry 2. Applied Chemistry 3.
General Chemistry 4. Inorganic Nuclear
Chemistry 5. Organic Chemistry 6. Physical
Chemistry 7. Polymers
3
1
2
5
7
6
SI Specialization Index, ARIF Average
Relative Impact Factor. Bubble size proportional
to world share of publications in the subfield.
Source Observatoire des sciences et des
technologies
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Canadian Specialization (SI) and Impact (ARIF)
by Subfield, Earth and Space Sciences, 2001-2005
1
6
4
1. Astronomy Astrophysics 2. Earth Planetary
Science 3. Environmental Science 4. Geology 5.
Meteorology Atmospheric Sci. 6. Oceanography
Limnology
3
5
2
SI Specialization Index, ARIF Average
Relative Impact Factor. Bubble size proportional
to world share of publications in the subfield.
Source Observatoire des sciences et des
technologies
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Canadian Specialization (SI) and Impact (ARIF)
by Subfield, Engineering, 2001-2005
1. Aerospace Technology 2. Chemical
Engineering 3. Civil Engineering 4. Computers 5.
Electrical Eng. Electronics 6. General
Engineering 7. Industrial Engineering 8. Library
Information Sci. 9. Materials Science 10.
Mechanical Engineering 11. Metals
Metallurgy 12. Misc. Engineering 13. Nuclear
Technology 14. Operations Research
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13
6
4
10
1
5
7
14
8
2
9
11
3
SI Specialization Index, ARIF Average
Relative Impact Factor. Bubble size proportional
to world share of publications in the subfield.
Source Observatoire des sciences et des
technologies
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Canadian Specialization (SI) and Impact (ARIF)
by Subfield, Mathematics, 2001-2005
1. Applied Mathematics 2. General Mathematics 3.
Miscellaneous Mathematics 4. Probability
Statistics
2
4
3
1
SI Specialization Index, ARIF Average
Relative Impact Factor. Bubble size proportional
to world share of publications in the subfield.
Source Observatoire des sciences et des
technologies
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Canadian Specialization (SI) and Impact (ARIF)
by Subfield, Physics 2001-2005
1. Acoustics 2. Applied Physics 3. Chemical
Physics 4. Fluids Plasmas 5. General Physics 6.
Misc. Physics 7. Nuclear Particle Physics 8.
Optics 9. Solid State Physics
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9
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8
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1
4
3
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SI Specialization Index, ARIF Average
Relative Impact Factor. Bubble size proportional
to world share of publications in the subfield.
Source Observatoire des sciences et des
technologies
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Number of Subfields in the NSE with ARIFgt1 by
Country, 2001-2005
Source Observatoire des sciences et des
technologies.
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Number of Canadian Publications in the Worlds
Two Most Prestigious Science Journals, Nature and
Science
Source Science Citation Index.
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Science and Nature Index1, 2001-2005
1. World share of Science and Nature publications
by world share of natural science
publications. Source Observatoire des sciences
et des technologies, Science Citation Index.
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Top 10 Index1 in the NSE by Field, 2005
1. Percentage of publications in the top 10 of
journals divided by percentage of world
publications for the country in the field.
Source Observatoire des sciences et des
technologies
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Per Capita Output of Publications in the NSE,
2005
Sources Observatoire des sciences et des
technologies, OECD, 2005 CIA World Fact Book.
Only includes countries with at least 3,000
articles in the NSE in 2005.
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Number of Publications in the NSE Per B (PPP)
Public RD, 2005
Sources Observatoire des sciences et des
technologies, OECD, Public RD HERD GOVERD
for 2003 or most recent year. Only includes
countries with at least 3,000 articles in the NSE
in 2005.
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Number of Publications in the NSE Per 1000 Public
Researchers, 2005
Sources Observatoire des sciences et des
technologies, OECD, Public Researchers HE GOV
researchers for 2003 or most recent year. Only
includes countries with at least 3,000 articles
in the NSE in 2005.
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Capacity Index by Country, 2005
Sources Observatoire des sciences et des
technologies, NSERC estimates.
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• Indicators of Use?
• Citations to articles in patents
• Univerty-Industry-Government collaborative
  papers, Industry-Govt citation
• Quality of training?

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NSE Publication Footprint Canada 2005
NSE Publications 21,086 Rank 7th World Share
4.5
2001-05
Source Observatoire des Sciences et des
Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based
on percentage of lead country value for each
indicator except for breadth of excellence based
on 65 subfields.
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NSE Publication Footprint United States 2005
NSE Publications 138,503 Rank 1st World Share
29.6
2001-05
Source Observatoire des Sciences et des
Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based
on percentage of lead country value for each
indicator except for breadth of excellence based
on 65 subfields.
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NSE Publication Footprint Japan 2005
NSE Publications 44,110 Rank 2nd World Share
9.4
2001-05
Source Observatoire des Sciences et des
Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based
on percentage of lead country value for each
indicator except for breadth of excellence based
on 65 subfields.
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NSE Publication Footprint China 2005
NSE Publications 42,117 Rank 3rd World Share
9.0
2001-05
Source Observatoire des Sciences et des
Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based
on percentage of lead country value for each
indicator except for breadth of excellence based
on 65 subfields.
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NSE Publication Footprint Germany 2005
NSE Publications 40,803 Rank 4th World Share
8.7
2001-05
Source Observatoire des Sciences et des
Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based
on percentage of lead country value for each
indicator except for breadth of excellence based
on 65 subfields.
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NSE Publication Footprint U.K. 2005
NSE Publications 34,974 Rank 5th World Share
7.5
2001-05
Source Observatoire des Sciences et des
Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based
on percentage of lead country value for each
indicator except for breadth of excellence based
on 65 subfields.
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NSE Publication Footprint France 2005
NSE Publications 31,758 Rank 6th World Share
6.8
2001-05
Source Observatoire des Sciences et des
Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based
on percentage of lead country value for each
indicator except for breadth of excellence based
on 65 subfields.
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NSE Publication Footprint Italy 2005
NSE Publications 20,854 Rank 8th World Share
4.5
2001-05
Source Observatoire des Sciences et des
Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based
on percentage of lead country value for each
indicator except for breadth of excellence based
on 65 subfields.
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NSE Publication Footprint Russia 2005
NSE Publications 18,252 Rank 9th World Share
3.9
2001-05
Source Observatoire des Sciences et des
Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based
on percentage of lead country value for each
indicator except for breadth of excellence based
on 65 subfields.
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NSE Publication Footprint Spain 2005
NSE Publications 17,682 Rank 10th World Share
3.8
2001-05
Source Observatoire des Sciences et des
Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based
on percentage of lead country value for each
indicator except for breadth of excellence based
on 65 subfields.
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NSE Publication Footprint South Korea 2005
NSE Publications 15,381 Rank 11th World Share
3.3
2001-05
Source Observatoire des Sciences et des
Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based
on percentage of lead country value for each
indicator except for breadth of excellence based
on 65 subfields.
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NSE Publication Footprint Australia 2005
NSE Publications 12,796 Rank 13th World Share
2.7
2001-05
Source Observatoire des Sciences et des
Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based
on percentage of lead country value for each
indicator except for breadth of excellence based
on 65 subfields.
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NSE Publication Footprint Netherlands 2005
NSE Publications 10,316 Rank 14th World Share
2.2
2001-05
Source Observatoire des Sciences et des
Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based
on percentage of lead country value for each
indicator except for breadth of excellence based
on 65 subfields.
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NSE Publication Footprint Switzerland 2005
NSE Publications 8,976 Rank 15th World Share
1.9
2001-05
Source Observatoire des Sciences et des
Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based
on percentage of lead country value for each
indicator except for breadth of excellence based
on 65 subfields.
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NSE Publication Footprint Taiwan 2005
NSE Publications 8,836 Rank 16th World Share
1.9
2001-05
Source Observatoire des Sciences et des
Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based
on percentage of lead country value for each
indicator except for breadth of excellence based
on 65 subfields.
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NSE Publication Footprint Sweden 2005
NSE Publications 8,290 Rank 18th World Share
1.8
2001-05
Source Observatoire des Sciences et des
Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based
on percentage of lead country value for each
indicator except for breadth of excellence based
on 65 subfields.
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NSE Publication Footprint Israel 2005
NSE Publications 5,266 Rank 21st World Share
1.1
2001-05
Source Observatoire des Sciences et des
Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based
on percentage of lead country value for each
indicator except for breadth of excellence based
on 65 subfields.
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NSE Publication Footprint Denmark 2005
NSE Publications 4,441 Rank 23rd World Share
0.9
2001-05
Source Observatoire des Sciences et des
Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based
on percentage of lead country value for each
indicator except for breadth of excellence based
on 65 subfields.
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NSE Publication Footprint Finland 2005
NSE Publications 4,053 Rank 26th World Share
0.9
2001-05
Source Observatoire des Sciences et des
Technologies and NSERC estimates. Scale is based
on percentage of lead country value for each
indicator except for breadth of excellence based
on 65 subfields.
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Thank You - Merci