Taiwan's world share of science and social-science papers over a recent
five-year period, expressed as a percentage of papers in each of 21 fields
in the
Thomson
Scientific database. Also, Taiwan's relative citation impact
compared to the world average in each field, in percentage terms.
Field
Percentage of papers
from Taiwan
Relative impact
compared to world
Computer Science
4.25
-38
Engineering
3.96
-22
Materials Science
3.35
-9
Physics
2.38
-21
Pharmacology
2.04
-27
Chemistry
1.79
-21
Economics & Business
1.78
-49
Taiwan's overall percent share, all fields:
1.69
Ecology/ Environmental
1.54
-35
Clinical Medicine
1.43
-36
Mathematics
1.32
-18
Agricultural Sciences
1.31
+1
Microbiology
1.25
-29
Biology & Biochemistry
1.06
-42
Geosciences
1.05
-17
Social Sciences
0.87
-35
Neurosciences & Behavior
0.84
-41
Plant & Animal Sciences
0.84
-17
Immunology
0.84
-47
Molecular Biology & Genetics
0.76
-42
Space Science
0.67
-38
Psychology/Psychiatry
0.58
-42
Between 2002 and 2006, Thomson Scientific indexed 68,602 papers that listed
at least one author address in Taiwan. Of those papers, the highest
percentage appeared in journals classified under the heading of computer
science, followed by engineering and materials science. In the latter
field, as the right-hand column shows, the impact of Taiwan-based research
in materials registered at 91% of the world average (or 9% below: 2.40
cites per paper for Taiwan, versus a world average of 2.64 cites per
paper). In agricultural sciences, on the other hand, Taiwan's
relative-impact score was 1% above the world average. The nation's
performance was also comparatively strong in geosciences, plant &
animal sciences, and mathematics.
SOURCE:
National
Science Indicators, 1981-2006 (containing listings of output and
citation statistics for more than 170 countries; available in standard and
deluxe versions from the
Research Services Group).