Innovations Report
10 Mar 2008
Research data has shown that Singapore’s research output is currently growing exponentially.
Presented by Bibliometrics Director Iain Craig at a recent Wiley-Blackwell research seminar, the publisher analyzed Singapore’s scientific productivity using bibliometric data provided by Thomson Scientific. Bibliometrics is the comparative analysis of quantity and quality of scientific output – measured using the aggregates of indexed titles at a country and subject level.
Economic indicators collected by the Organization for Economic Co-operation (OECD) – such as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the percentage of GDP spent on research & development (R&D), and the number of researchers – were co-examined with the bibliometric indicators. The analysis provided a fascinating and revealing perspective on the effect of Singapore’s scientific funding in terms of scientific output.
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