A new interactive report by the National Documentation Centre titled "Greek Scientific Papers (1998-2012): Bibliometrics analysis of Greek papers in international scientific magazines – Web of Science, is available on-line.

The study analyses the scientific writing activity of Greek institutions in international magazines for the period 1998-2012 and provides interesting insights about Greece’s global ranking.

The Report Findings

Greek scientific papers increased in 2012, following a slight fall in 2011, with 11,138 scientific papers in international magazines. Moreover, Greece ranks on the top positions across the EU, when it comes to the number of papers compared to national expenditure on R&D.

Greek scientific research papers also score well in terms of impact, originality, quality, recognition. It is noted that mentions to Greek research papers show the greatest growth rates across the EU and OECD countries. Most of the Greek research papers are produced by universities, research centers and public hospitals, whereas Greek researchers co-operate mostly with institutions in the USA, the UK, Germany, France and Italy.

Scientific papers on natural sciences and engineering & technology appear to have the greatest impact, recording an impact index way above the world average (1.09 and 1.06 respectively).

Source: Greek News Agenda

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