The Science-Metrix bibliometrics team contributed bibliometric and technometric indicators to the publication UNESCO Science Report: Towards 2030. The report provides country and regional synopses of scientific activity, and examines issues related to sustainable growth, researcher mobility, and the gender gap in science and engineering. It complements the United Nations’ 2015 adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Using Thomson Reuters’ Web of Science database and the PATSTAT patent database, Science-Metrix calculated the following bibliometric and technometric indicators for all countries and 28 regions or country groupings in 13 fields of science.

Bibliometric data

Publication data at national level

• Scientific publications by country, 2002 to latest full year available
• Scientific publications by broad field of science, 2002 to latest full year available
• Scientific publications in international collaboration, 2002 to latest full year available
• Citation rate overall (average for publications from a given country), 2002 to latest full year available
• Citation rate per broad field of science, 2002 to latest full year available
• Top five partners for each country for scientific publications in international collaboration (% of total countries supplying co‐authors), total for the period 2008 to latest full year available

Publication data at regional level

• Publications

Patent data                        

Patent data at national level

• Number of USPTO Patents granted by inventors’ countries, 2002 to latest full year available
• Number of triadic patent families, according to the date the patent was officially issued/granted by the USPTO, 2002 to latest full year available

Patent data at regional level

• Number of USPTO Patents granted by inventors’ countries, 2008 and latest full year available
• Number of triadic patent families, according to the date the patent was officially issued/granted by the USPTO, 2008 and latest full year available

The full 820-page report can be accessed here: [PDF]

The 40-page Executive Summary is available here: [PDF]

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