Bibliometric Analysis Asia-Pacific Research Area ... - JuSER

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Average citation rates of countries according to discipline 1998-2007
6
Energy
5
4
Nanotechnology
3
Information and computer science
2
1
0
China
Taiwan
Thailand
Vietnam
Malaysia
Iran
Mathematics
Engineering
Materials science
Figure 60: Average citation rates for China, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Iran in energy,
information and computer science, engineering, materials science, mathematics and nanotechnology
The spider charts that follow (Figures 61 to 63) present citation rates (entire period) in a similar
manner to Figures 57 – 60 with the difference that the countries are depicted on the axes and
the disciplines are represented by curves in each of the charts. This makes it possible to
illustrate all of the countries that publish in a discipline in the one chart, which in turn allows us
to determine the country with the strongest perception in each of the disciplines. For example,
the citation rate of Singapore in mathematics is above that of Germany. The same is true for
publications in medicine from New Zealand.
Average citation rate of disciplines according to country 1998-2007
Germany
60
Iran
50
China
Malaysia
40
30
Japan
20
Vietnam
10
New Zealand
0
Multidisciplinary journals
Thailand
Australia
Indonesia
Taiwan
Singapore
South Korea
Figure 61: Average citation rate of the countries studied in the category “multidisciplinary journals”
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