Scientific productivity data (number of publications and h-indices), collected from the Web of Science (WoS) database for the period 2005-2010 for 13 countries of Southeast Europe (including Austria as the reference country) and for the 251 WoS categories were grouped, during extraction of data, into 41 fields of science (FoS) according to Frascati manual classification (OECD in Revised field of science and technology (FoS) classification in the Frascati manual, pp. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] 2007). The Scientific Performance QuaLity (SPQL) level has been defined and calculated for the 13 studied countries and for all FoS based on the established best fit of the linear dependence between P 1/a and h-index. From these data the SPQL levels of the six major fields and overall country levels have been generated in a way which makes them dependent not on the quantity of scientific publications output, but on its quality thus making them suitable for constructing conceivable science policies. Nevertheless, general observed trend shows growth of the quality of scientific performance (SPQL) with scientific production output, but there are evident exceptions from such a tendency in both positive and negative directions. The highest quality levels of the reached scientific performance have been identified for the 41 FoSs (subfields) and 6 major FoS by the countries concerned.
The paper presents the scientific publication productivity, registered in Web
of Science (WoS) databases in two fields of science, Mathematics and Physics,
for authors from countries of South East Europe (SEE).Using Revealed
Publication Advantage (RPA) indicator calculated for SEE countries, policy
makers could get insight into the scientific publication productivity of SEE
countries, in these two scientific fields, compared with the world average.
The scientific output in Mathematics and Physics from the SEE region
represents majority of the overall scientific output in every particular
country in this region. The scientific output in Mathematics and Physics from
the SEE region is comparable with those of other research groups in the
world. When analysing Web of Science publications by field of research,
Mathematics represents 2.1% of the total worldwide scientific production,
while Physics accounts for 8.8%, giving a total of 10.9% for Physics and
Mathematics combined - over 1,547,187 publications in the period 2005-2010.
In South East Europe, Mathematics is 3.5% of the total scientific production,
while Physics is 9.6% - bringing the total for Physics and Mathematics to
13.1%. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. III 47005: Research
and Development of the Platform for Science Based Management of the
Scientific and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia]
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