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

Central Library
Publications by country according to research discipline 1998-2007
(each country = 100 %)
Multidisciplinary journals
25%
Physics
Agricultural science
20%
Nanotechnology
15%
Biology and biotechnology
10%
Medicine
5%
0%
Chemistry
Iran
China
Taiwan
South Korea
Malaysia
Mathematics
Energy
Materials science
Geosciences
Engineering
Information and computer science
Figure 43: Publications by China, Taiwan, South Korea, Malaysia and Iran according to research
discipline
Figures 41 to 43 are also concerned with the output of the countries in the disciplines. However,
the output of each individual country is taken as 100 % for these analyses. This makes it
possible to localise the particular priorities of individual and multiple countries. Since the primary
emphasis of the database is the field of medicine, it is not surprising that a high proportion of the
output of the majority of the countries studied here is also in this field. On the other hand, it is
interesting to note that in Indonesia, for example, biology and biochemistry continue to be a
priority, as does chemistry in Iran.
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