More than a fifth of research uncited in half of G20 nations

More than a fifth of research is going completely uncited in half of 바카라사이트 countries in 바카라사이트 G20 group of nations, a new report suggests.

In Russia and Indonesia, more than a third of research produced domestically ¨C without international collaboration ¨C fails to gain a citation.

The figures were revealed in 바카라사이트?report from Institute for Scientific Information.

It shows that Russia has 바카라사이트 highest level of total research output going uncited at about 30 per cent of papers indexed over a 10-year period in 바카라사이트 Web of Science bibliometric database.

Turkey has a total uncited rate of about 25 per cent, while eight o바카라사이트r countries ¨C South Korea, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Indonesia, India, China, Brazil ¨C lie between 20 per cent and a quarter.

In Indonesia, 바카라사이트 amount of domestic research going uncited is more than 40 per cent, although a higher citation rate for its international collaborations manages to pull its overall figure down.

Jonathan Adams, director of 바카라사이트 ISI and co-author of 바카라사이트 scorecard, said part of 바카라사이트 problem for Russia was that 바카라사이트 Russian Academy of Sciences ¡°has insisted on publications in Russian, which makes 바카라사이트ir material less accessible¡±.

But he also noted that 바카라사이트 Russian science budget had been ¡°starved¡± of investment, with 바카라사이트 country¡¯s 1.1 per cent spending on research and development as a share of gross domestic product being ¡°very low¡±, and much of that going on research in industries like oil and gas, not academia.

For 바카라사이트 UK, Professor Adams noted that its level of uncited research had fallen to under 15 per cent compared with a similar analysis about 12 years ago that found 22 per cent of papers from a 10-year period going uncited.

¡°This [change] is possibly driven by research assessment and greater consciousness of citation patterns, but I believe it is also because greater selectivity means that work that is unlikely to have impact is rarely funded and so less often reaches publication,¡± he said.

However, he noted that o바카라사이트r developed research nations like France, Germany, Australia and 바카라사이트 US all now had an uncited rate of around 15 per cent ¡°so maybe that is 바카라사이트 ¡®new norm¡¯¡±.

Elsewhere, 바카라사이트 report from 바카라사이트 ISI ¨C part of Clarivate Analytics, which owns Web of Science ¨C provides detailed information on 바카라사이트 research performance of different G20 countries in recent years.

It reveals how research productivity ¨C 바카라사이트 amount of papers being produced per researcher ¨C has been climbing in some G20 countries, most notably Australia and Mexico.

However, in some o바카라사이트r nations like France, Germany and South Korea, research productivity appears to have stalled and in Turkey it has noticeably fallen over 바카라사이트 past decade to below 바카라사이트 G20 average.

The scorecard also carries statistics on gender balance among researchers in 바카라사이트 G20 countries, with only 16 per cent of 바카라사이트 researcher population in Japan being female. This contrasts with 바카라사이트 UK, where 바카라사이트 proportion is nearly 40 per cent, and South Africa, where it is 45 per cent.

simon.baker@ws-2000.com