DESIDOC Bulletin of Information Technology
Open Access
  • Year: 2007
  • Volume: 27
  • Issue: 1

Indicators of S&T publications output: Developed versus developing countriest

  • Author:
  • B.M. Gupta1, S.M. Dhawan2, R.P. Gupta3
  • Total Page Count: 12
  • Page Number: 5 to 16

1National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies Pusa Gate, Dr KS Krishnan Marg, New Delhi-110 012. E-mail: bmgupta1@yahoo.com; bmgupta@nistads.res.in

2Library & Information Consultant, 114 Dayanand Vihar, Delhi-110 092. E-mail: smdhawan@yahoo.com

3Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India Vigyan Bhawan Annexe, Maulana Azad Road, New Delhl-110 011.

The Paper is a part af the study on Measures of the Progress of Science in India: An Analysis Of the Publication Output in Science and Technology, sponsored by the Office of the Scientific Adviser to the Government of India.

Abstract

The paper analyses the cumulative output in science and technology during 1993 to 2003 of different regions/countries in the world. It also analyses the contributions made by the developed and the developing countries in the different broad subject fields to identify their strengths in the different fields of research.

Keywords

Science& technology, third world countries, developed countries, S&T publications