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Figure 4.5: Scientific publication<br />

trends in Canada,<br />

2005–2014<br />

1.25<br />

Average citation rate<br />

for Canadian<br />

publications, 2008–2012;<br />

the OECD average is 1.08<br />

YUKON<br />

TERRITORY<br />

BRITISH<br />

COLUMBIA<br />

NORTHWEST<br />

TERRITORIES<br />

NUNAVUT<br />

50.4%<br />

Share of Canadian papers with a<br />

foreign co-author, 2008–2014;<br />

the OECD average is 29.4%<br />

NEWFOUNDLAND<br />

ALBERTA<br />

SASKATCHEWAN<br />

MANITOBA<br />

QUEBEC<br />

PRINCE<br />

EDWARD<br />

ISLAND<br />

Canadian publications grew by 21%<br />

between 2005 and 2010 but the pace since slowed<br />

60 000<br />

50 000<br />

40 000<br />

30 000<br />

39 879<br />

42 648<br />

43 917<br />

46 829<br />

48 713<br />

49 728<br />

51 508<br />

51 459<br />

54 632<br />

ONTARIO<br />

54 631<br />

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014<br />

NEW<br />

BRUNSWICK<br />

NOVA SCOTIA<br />

13.1%<br />

Share of Canadian papers among<br />

10% most-cited, 2008–2012;<br />

the OECD average is 11.2%;<br />

Canada specializes in medical sciences<br />

Cumulative totals by field, 2008–2014<br />

71 279<br />

98 633<br />

1 538<br />

Publications per million<br />

inhabitants in 2014<br />

23 543<br />

35 071<br />

29 776<br />

24 908<br />

8 988<br />

5 430<br />

8 546<br />

10 956<br />

4 365<br />

4 505 3 314<br />

Agriculture<br />

Astronomy<br />

Biological sciences<br />

Chemistry<br />

Computer science<br />

Engineering<br />

Geosciences<br />

Mathematics<br />

Medical sciences<br />

Other life sciences<br />

Physics<br />

Psychology<br />

Social sciences<br />

Note: Totals exclude unclassified articles.<br />

Canada publishes most with US partners<br />

Main foreign partners, 2008–2014 (number of papers)<br />

1st collaborator 2nd collaborator 3rd collaborator 4th collaborator 5th collaborator<br />

Canada USA (85 069) UK (25 879) China (19 522) Germany (19 244) France (18 956)<br />

Source: Thomson Reuters’ Web of Science, Science Citation Index Expanded, data treatment by Science–Metrix<br />

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