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Figure 7.8 (continued)<br />

Life sciences dominate research in Latin America and the Caribbean<br />

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

Argentina 2 630<br />

1 020<br />

13 732 4 849 501 3 250 5 282 1 365 7 592 75 5 138<br />

316<br />

254<br />

Bolivia 65 13 500<br />

28 4 28<br />

195 194<br />

9 5<br />

25 34<br />

Brazil 21 181 1 766 46 676<br />

Chile<br />

16 066 2 560 14 278<br />

11 181<br />

5 367<br />

52 334 2 621 17 321 849<br />

921<br />

1 410 3 899 5 644 2 398 616 2 244 3 582 1 645 5 755 185 2 979<br />

182<br />

241<br />

Colombia<br />

967 53 3 064 1 365 221 1 532 885 574 2 407 150 2 488<br />

75<br />

150<br />

Costa Rica<br />

132 12 1 093<br />

73 13 79<br />

283 21 428<br />

9<br />

66<br />

29<br />

33<br />

Cuba<br />

313 21 1 342 516 130 450 290 103 931 8 565<br />

17<br />

16<br />

Dominican Rep.<br />

14 80<br />

4 1 8<br />

17<br />

6 110 4 6 3 3<br />

Ecuador<br />

87 4 799<br />

40 12 77<br />

324 32 451 8 298<br />

8<br />

18<br />

El Salvador<br />

5 59 5 1<br />

31 93<br />

2 2 2<br />

Guatemala<br />

16 228<br />

4 2 6<br />

29 233<br />

6 6 7<br />

Honduras<br />

13 3 77 3 4<br />

30 102 6 3 6<br />

Mexico<br />

3 204<br />

1 710<br />

14 966 5 507 1 079 6 287 6 133 2 059 8 702 159 8 513<br />

424<br />

363<br />

Nicaragua<br />

16 1 103 4 9 58 92 8 1 3<br />

Panama<br />

52<br />

4<br />

1 112 13 12 24<br />

293 169<br />

1 55<br />

6 11<br />

Paraguay<br />

16 1 133 11 6 12 9 4 112<br />

2 5 2<br />

Peru<br />

218 11 1 207<br />

76 11 130<br />

526 52 1 081 23 206 22 65<br />

Uruguay<br />

459 14 1 301 394 91 179 437 160 837 9 274 49 21<br />

Venezuela<br />

442 114 1 640 715 67 517 414 299 944 13 524<br />

18<br />

24<br />

Note: Unclassified<br />

articles are excluded<br />

from the totals.<br />

Agriculture Astronomy Biological sciences Chemistry Computer science Engineering Geosciences<br />

Mathematics Medical sciences Other life sciences Physics Psychology Social sciences<br />

Chile has the highest publication intensity, followed by Uruguay<br />

Publications per million inhabitants in 2014<br />

350<br />

350<br />

Number of scientific publications per<br />

million inhabitants in Chile, the top<br />

country for this indicator<br />

241<br />

189<br />

184<br />

96<br />

90<br />

83<br />

67 61<br />

Chile<br />

190<br />

Uruguay<br />

Argentina<br />

Brazil<br />

Costa Rica<br />

Mexico<br />

Panama<br />

Cuba<br />

Colombia<br />

Ecuador<br />

32<br />

Venezuela<br />

26 25<br />

Peru<br />

Bolivia<br />

19<br />

Nicaragua<br />

9 8 7 6 5 4<br />

Paraguay<br />

El Salvador<br />

Guatemala<br />

Dominican<br />

Republic<br />

Honduras

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