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Figure 9.11: Publication performance in the European Union, 2014<br />

The Nordic EU members have the highest publication intensities<br />

Publications per million inhabitants in 2014<br />

39%<br />

EU’s share of global authorship in medical<br />

sciences, between 2008 and 2014<br />

2 628<br />

2 269<br />

1 976<br />

1 894<br />

1 634<br />

1 591<br />

1 590<br />

1 537<br />

1 406<br />

1 385<br />

1 221<br />

1 117<br />

1 109<br />

1 085<br />

1 046<br />

1 007<br />

1 004<br />

941<br />

847<br />

706<br />

686<br />

615<br />

610<br />

29.6%<br />

Growth in EU publications between<br />

2005 and 2014<br />

607<br />

576<br />

481<br />

307<br />

288<br />

287<br />

1 538<br />

998<br />

576<br />

184<br />

Denmark<br />

Sweden<br />

Finland<br />

Netherlands<br />

Belgium<br />

Luxembourg<br />

Slovenia<br />

Austria<br />

Ireland<br />

UK<br />

Estonia<br />

Portugal<br />

Germany<br />

EU28 average<br />

Spain<br />

France<br />

Czech Rep.<br />

Italy<br />

Greece<br />

Cyprus<br />

Croatia<br />

Poland<br />

Hungary<br />

Lithuania<br />

Slovakia<br />

Malta<br />

Romania<br />

Bulgaria<br />

Latvia<br />

Canada<br />

USA<br />

Japan<br />

China<br />

For comparison<br />

Among the large EU members, the UK has the highest average citation rate, followed by Germany<br />

Average citation rate for publications, 2008–2012<br />

1.42<br />

1.42<br />

1.32<br />

1.30<br />

1.28<br />

1.27<br />

1.23<br />

1.21<br />

1.19<br />

1.18<br />

1.17<br />

1.15<br />

1.11<br />

1.11<br />

1.10<br />

1.09<br />

1.07<br />

1.04<br />

0.99<br />

0.97<br />

0.96<br />

0.91<br />

OECD average 1.08<br />

0.81<br />

0.79<br />

0.78<br />

0.77<br />

0.71<br />

0.70<br />

Denmark<br />

Netherlands<br />

Belgium<br />

UK<br />

Ireland<br />

Sweden<br />

Austria<br />

Finland<br />

Cyprus<br />

Germany<br />

Luxembourg<br />

France<br />

Spain<br />

Italy<br />

Estonia<br />

Portugal<br />

EU28 average<br />

Malta<br />

Greece<br />

Slovenia<br />

Hungary<br />

Czech Rep.<br />

Bulgaria<br />

Romania<br />

Croatia<br />

Slovakia<br />

Poland<br />

Lithuania<br />

0.69<br />

Latvia<br />

The Netherlands tops the EU for quality, Cyprus and Estonia lead among the newcomers<br />

Share of papers among 10% most-cited, 2008–2012<br />

15.3<br />

15.1<br />

14.3<br />

14.1<br />

14.0<br />

13.5<br />

13.5<br />

13.3<br />

13.0<br />

12.7<br />

OECD average 11.1%<br />

Netherlands<br />

Denmark<br />

Belgium<br />

UK<br />

Ireland<br />

Sweden<br />

Austria<br />

Cyprus<br />

Germany<br />

Luxembourg<br />

Estonia<br />

France<br />

Finland<br />

Italy<br />

Spain<br />

Malta<br />

EU28 average<br />

Portugal<br />

Greece<br />

Hungary<br />

Slovenia<br />

Czech Rep.<br />

Romania<br />

Bulgaria<br />

Slovakia<br />

Croatia<br />

Latvia<br />

Lithuania<br />

Poland<br />

5.8<br />

5.7<br />

7.5<br />

7.1<br />

12.7<br />

12.0<br />

11.8<br />

11.8<br />

11.3<br />

11.2<br />

10.3<br />

9.4<br />

9.4<br />

8.8<br />

7.0<br />

7.0<br />

6.7<br />

16.8<br />

16.6<br />

Chapter 9<br />

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