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S. Korea ranks 12th in scientific papers citation in 2008
By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's ranking in terms of the number of
scientific and social science papers cited in a global reference index remained
unchanged from the year before at 12th place in 2008, the government said Sunday.
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said 35,569 papers by South
Korean authors were posted on the Science Citation Index (SCI) and Social Science
Citation Index (SSCI) of the National Science Indicator database. The figure
marks a gain from 27,284 papers the previous year.
The SCI and SSCI database, part of a vast on-line service operated by U.S.-based
Thomson Reuters, is used worldwide as a measure of a country's prowess in
science, technology and social studies-related research.
"The total is equivalent to 2.42 percent of the more than 1.15 million papers
cited globally in the indexes, up from 2.20 percent in the previous year," said a
ministry official. He added that scientific papers from 186 countries were listed
in the database.
By sector, South Korea ranked fourth in material sciences, and eighth in computer
science, pharmacology, engineering and microbiology.
The country also ranked ninth and 10th, respectively, in physics and chemistry.
The SCI showed that the United States had the largest number of citations in the
database at 340,638, followed by China, Britain, Germany and Japan. It said these
five countries accounted for 711,680 papers, or 48.50 percent of all papers
listed in the database.
In addition, the ministry said that from 2004-2008, each South Korean-authored
paper was used as a reference 3.28 times on average, an increase of 5.8 percent
from 3.10 times in the 2003-2007 period. Higher numbers in this category
translate to a greater impact on future research.
South Korea's ranking in frequency of citations stood at 30th place in the
2004-2008 period, up one notch from 31st place in 2003-2007.
Switzerland led the pack in terms of how often papers were cited in other
scientific and social studies works, followed by Denmark, and the Netherlands.
Government sources, meanwhile, said that SCI and SSCI standings roughly parallel
the size of a country's gross domestic product (GDP).
In 2008, South Korea's GDP stood at 15th place among 182 countries.
yonngong@yna.co.kr
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SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's ranking in terms of the number of
scientific and social science papers cited in a global reference index remained
unchanged from the year before at 12th place in 2008, the government said Sunday.
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said 35,569 papers by South
Korean authors were posted on the Science Citation Index (SCI) and Social Science
Citation Index (SSCI) of the National Science Indicator database. The figure
marks a gain from 27,284 papers the previous year.
The SCI and SSCI database, part of a vast on-line service operated by U.S.-based
Thomson Reuters, is used worldwide as a measure of a country's prowess in
science, technology and social studies-related research.
"The total is equivalent to 2.42 percent of the more than 1.15 million papers
cited globally in the indexes, up from 2.20 percent in the previous year," said a
ministry official. He added that scientific papers from 186 countries were listed
in the database.
By sector, South Korea ranked fourth in material sciences, and eighth in computer
science, pharmacology, engineering and microbiology.
The country also ranked ninth and 10th, respectively, in physics and chemistry.
The SCI showed that the United States had the largest number of citations in the
database at 340,638, followed by China, Britain, Germany and Japan. It said these
five countries accounted for 711,680 papers, or 48.50 percent of all papers
listed in the database.
In addition, the ministry said that from 2004-2008, each South Korean-authored
paper was used as a reference 3.28 times on average, an increase of 5.8 percent
from 3.10 times in the 2003-2007 period. Higher numbers in this category
translate to a greater impact on future research.
South Korea's ranking in frequency of citations stood at 30th place in the
2004-2008 period, up one notch from 31st place in 2003-2007.
Switzerland led the pack in terms of how often papers were cited in other
scientific and social studies works, followed by Denmark, and the Netherlands.
Government sources, meanwhile, said that SCI and SSCI standings roughly parallel
the size of a country's gross domestic product (GDP).
In 2008, South Korea's GDP stood at 15th place among 182 countries.
yonngong@yna.co.kr
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