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Allik, J., Lauk, K. and Realo, Anu (2020) Indicators of the scientific impact of nations revisited. Trames, 24 . pp. 231-250. doi:10.3176/tr.2020.2.07 ISSN 1406-0922.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.3176/tr.2020.2.07
Abstract
An improved Indicator of a Nation’s Scientific Impact (INSI), which, in addition to citation rates, takes into account how many research areas in which each nation has exceeded the entrance thresholds of the Essential Science Indicators (ESI, Clarivate Analytics), was proposed. This indicator provided a more realistic estimate of nations’ scientific impact, which was better predicted from the societal factors that are related to the quality of scientific output. The strongest predictor of countries’ scientific impact was good governance, while economic wealth and research and development expenditure played a relatively minor role in predicting research impact. We conclude that good governance is needed to create an environment, which can facilitate the translation of money invested into the production of high-impact scientific output.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Science, Bibliometrics, Scientific literature, Communication in science -- Evaluation, Science indicators | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Trames | ||||||||
Publisher: | Estonian Academy Publishers | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1406-0922 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 2020 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 24 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 231-250 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.3176/tr.2020.2.07 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 21 May 2020 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 3 June 2020 | ||||||||
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