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

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Another focal point
of this bibliometric
analysis is the copublication
activity
for the individual
countries with Germany,
the USA and
with each other. The
figure opposite very
clearly shows that
Japan is the country
with the most copublications
with
Germany, followed
by Australia and
China. Despite the
rapid increase in the
total number of its
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Co-publications Germany 1998-2007
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New Zealand Taiwan South Korea Singapore Indonesia Thailand Vietnam
Malaysia Iran Australia China Japan
publications, China remains the country with the third largest number of co-publications with
Germany (8,242 articles) throughout the period under review. With 10,417 articles, Australia is
in second place, while Japan is in first place with 16,514 publications.
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Number of co-publications (Australia, China and Japan)
These co-publications represent
1.9 % of the total number of
publications for both Japan and
Germany. From Germany’s
perspective, Japan is followed by
Australia and China in second and
third place with 1.2 % and 0.9 %,
respectively. Co-publications with
Germany represent 6.6 % and 6.4 %,
respectively, of Indonesia’s and
Vietnam’s total output, making
Germany the most important
cooperation partner among the 12
nations studied for Indonesia and
Vietnam.
Number of copublications
with
Germany
Weighting from
the country's
perspective
Weighting
from
Germany's
perspective
Japan 16514 1.9% 1.9%
Australia 10417 3.3% 1.2%
China 8248 1.5% 0.9%
South Korea 3366 1.5% 0.4%
New Zealand 1910 3.1% 0.2%
Taiwan 1820 1.3% 0.2%
Singapore 996 1.8% 0.1%
Iran 656 1.7% 0.1%
Thailand 598 2.5% 0.1%
Indonesia 396 6.6% 0.04%
Vietnam 315 6.4% 0.04%
Malaysia 269 1.9% 0.03%
At the level of research disciplines, a ranking provides information on the co-publication
partners for each country studied. Such ranking lists allow us to demonstrate changes in
publication behaviour and scientific cooperations for two periods of five years and the total
period under review as a whole. For example, China published the third-highest number of
joint publications in the field of physics with Germany in the period 1998 to 2007 (4,197
publications). Ahead of China are Japan (4,562 publications) and the USA with 9,932 articles.
To summarise, Germany holds one of the top ranks very often and is included in almost every
top-ten list. In around 15 % of all cases, Germany is among the top three countries analysed.
This allows us to conclude that in addition to countries such as the USA, Japan, and the
United Kingdom, Germany is extremely important for the countries studied here from the Asia-
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