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
Clarivate 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
4.48
-31
Engineering
4.18
-22
Materials Science
3.44
-6
Physics
2.54
-21
Pharmacology
2.10
-20
Economics & Business
2.08
-54
Chemistry
1.83
-18
Taiwan, 2003-07's overall percent share, all
fields: 1.78
Ecology/Environmental
1.55
-31
Clinical Medicine
1.49
-35
Agricultural Sciences
1.38
-2
Mathematics
1.37
-20
Microbiology
1.31
-39
Biology & Biochemistry
1.14
-42
Geosciences
1.09
-8
Social Sciences
0.93
-30
Immunology
0.91
-41
Neurosciences & Behavior
0.86
-37
Plant & Animal Sciences
0.85
-12
Molec. Biol./Genetics
0.83
-41
Space Science
0.83
-32
Psychology/Psychiatry
0.69
-44
Between 2003 and 2007, Clarivate indexed 75,676 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 94% of the world average (or 6% below: 2.71 cites per paper
for Taiwan, versus a world average of 2.88 cites per paper). In
agricultural sciences, meanwhile, Taiwan-based researchers scored within 2%
of the world mark. The nation's performance was also comparatively strong
in geosciences, plant & animal sciences, and chemistry.
SOURCE:
National
Science Indicators, 1981-2007 (containing listings of output and
citation statistics for more than 170 countries; available in standard and
deluxe versions from the
Research Services Group).