Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, 576104, India.
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, 576104, India.
F1000Res. 2024 Jul 29;13:71. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.144036.2. eCollection 2024.
This article aims to study the research outcomes of five Nordic countries in terms of research publications, spend on R&D, outcomes and collaborations as these are important parameters to understand research thrust of the countries/regions, in addition to their innovation capability.
The research outcomes of the Nordic countries in terms of the total number of publications, coauthored publications, publications with corporate collaborators, citations, the Field Weighted Citation Index (FWCI) and publications in different subject areas were retrieved using Scopus and its associate SciVal. The research outcomes were extracted for five years from 2016-2020. In addition, total population, researcher population and research spend of these countries have been obtained from World Bank data available for the year 2021.
The analysis showed that Sweden has the highest population and the highest number of researchers in this region. All countries have the highest number of coauthored publications with the United States, followed by the United Kingdom, except Iceland, which has the second highest number of coauthored publications with Sweden. Denmark, followed by Iceland, stands prominent with reference to having publications with corporate collaborations. Denmark and Sweden have a high percentage of articles in first quartile journals, which is above the average for Nordic countries. Iceland stands at the top with the highest citations, which is depicted by high FWCI. Across subject areas, the Nordic countries have maximum publications in life sciences. Other prominent subject areas include technology and natural sciences.
On analysing the research landscape of Nordic countries, maximum research output is in the field of life sciences and medicine, and most of the coauthored publications of these countries are with the United States. Denmark, with its exemplary research output, excels with maximum papers in top quartile journals and with maximum corporate collaborations and the highest FWCI.
本文旨在研究北欧五国在研究出版物、研发投入、成果和合作方面的研究成果,因为这些是了解国家/地区研究重点的重要参数,除此之外,还可以了解其创新能力。
本文使用 Scopus 及其关联的 SciVal 检索了北欧五国在总出版物数量、合作出版物数量、有企业合作者的出版物、引文、领域加权引文影响指数(FWCI)和不同学科领域出版物方面的研究成果。这些研究成果是从 2016 年到 2020 年的五年中提取的。此外,还从世界银行 2021 年的数据中获取了这些国家的总人口、研究人员人口和研究支出。
分析表明,瑞典在该地区拥有最多的人口和最多的研究人员。所有国家与美国合著的出版物数量最多,其次是英国,除了冰岛,它与瑞典合著的出版物数量第二多。丹麦,其次是冰岛,在与企业合作出版方面表现出色。丹麦和瑞典在第一四分位数期刊上发表的文章比例很高,高于北欧国家的平均水平。冰岛的引文最高,FWCI 也最高,位居榜首。在所有学科领域,北欧国家在生命科学领域的出版物最多。其他突出的学科领域包括技术和自然科学。
通过分析北欧国家的研究格局,最大的研究成果是在生命科学和医学领域,这些国家的大部分合作出版物都是与美国合作的。丹麦以其出色的研究成果脱颖而出,在顶尖期刊上发表的论文数量最多,与企业的合作最多,FWCI 也最高。