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Science funding and research output: a study on 10 countries

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Xianwen Wang,

Di Liu,

Kun Ding,

Xinran WangAuthors Info & Claims

Scientometrics, Volume 91, Issue 2

Pages 591 - 599

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-011-0576-6

Published: 01 May 2012 Publication History

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This study reports research on analyzing the impact of government funding on research output. 500,807 SCI papers published in 2009 in 10 countries are collected and analyzed. The results show that, in China, 70.34% of SCI papers are supported by some research funding, among which 89.57% are supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). Average grants per funding-supported paper in China is 2.95, when in the USA the number is 2.93 and in Japan it is 2.40. The results of funding agency analysis show that, China, Germany and Spain are single funding agency dominated countries, while USA, Japan, Canada and Australia are double funding agencies dominated countries, and the source of funding in UK, France and Italy is diversified.

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