Impact of GDP,Spending on R&D,Number of Universities and Scientific Journals on Research Publications among Asian Countries |
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| Authors: | Sultan Ayoub Meo Abeer A. Al Masri Adnan Mahmood Usmani Almas Naeem Memon Syed Ziauddin Zaidi |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Physiology, University Diabetes Centre, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.; 2. University Diabetes Centre, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.; 3. Department of Radiology, Isra University, Hyderabad, Pakistan.; 4. Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.; University of Warwick, United Kingdom, |
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| Abstract: | ObjectivesThis study aimed to compare the impact of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, spending on Research and Development (R&D), number of universities, and Indexed Scientific Journals on total number of research documents (papers), citations per document and Hirsch index (H-index) in various science and social science subjects among Asian countries.Materials and MethodsIn this study, 40 Asian countries were included. The information regarding Asian countries, their GDP per capita, spending on R&D, total number of universities and indexed scientific journals were collected. We recorded the bibliometric indicators, including total number of research documents, citations per document and H-index in various science and social sciences subjects during the period 1996–2011. The main sources for information were World Bank, SCI-mago/Scopus and Web of Science; Thomson Reuters.ResultsThe mean per capita GDP for all the Asian countries is 14448.31±2854.40 US$, yearly per capita spending on R&D 0.64±0.16 US$, number of universities 72.37±18.32 and mean number of ISI indexed journal per country is 17.97±7.35. The mean of research documents published in various science and social science subjects among all the Asian countries during the period 1996–2011 is 158086.92±69204.09; citations per document 8.67±0.48; and H-index 122.8±19.21. Spending on R&D, number of universities and indexed journals have a positive correlation with number of published documents, citations per document and H-index in various science and social science subjects. However, there was no association between the per capita GDP and research outcomes.ConclusionThe Asian countries who spend more on R&D have a large number of universities and scientific indexed journals produced more in research outcomes including total number of research publication, citations per documents and H-index in various science and social science subjects. |
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