"Brazil, China, India, Russia, and Taiwan Lead S&E Article Output of the Non-OECD Countries"

Read the full InfoBrief from the National Science Foundation.

Lead: "Scientific research, development, and innovation, key drivers of economic growth, have been concentrated in the 30 member nations of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).[1] However, countries outside the OECD have been increasing their S&E capabilities and are rivaling the OECD member countries. One indicator of scientific research capability is the production of scientific and engineering articles in the world's leading scientific and engineering journals.[2] OECD nations, with 584,000 articles in 2003, accounted for 84% of the world total, compared with 87% a decade ago.[3] Among the non-OECD countries and economies, five—Brazil, China, India, Russia, and Taiwan—produced two-thirds of their scientific article output (figure 1). This InfoBrief discusses trends in output, portfolio, and international collaboration of scientific articles produced by these five countries and economies."