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Figure 24.7: Scientific publication trends in Japan, 2005–2014<br />

The number of Japanese publications has declined since 2005<br />

606<br />

80 000<br />

78 000<br />

76 950 77 083<br />

Publications per million<br />

76 244<br />

75 606<br />

inhabitants in 2005<br />

76 000<br />

75 801<br />

576<br />

74 000<br />

74 203<br />

72 000<br />

Publications per million<br />

70 000<br />

inhabitants in 2014<br />

75 924<br />

72 769<br />

75 870<br />

73 128<br />

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

Japan’s world share of scientific publications has shrunk since 2005<br />

World share of Japanese articles by field (%)<br />

2002–2007<br />

2008–2014<br />

12.8<br />

Tokyo<br />

8.7<br />

6.8<br />

10.2<br />

7.6<br />

10.9<br />

6.3<br />

8.2<br />

6.6<br />

9.5<br />

0.88<br />

Average citation rate for Japanese<br />

publications, 2008–2012;<br />

the OECD average is 1.08<br />

Biological<br />

sciences<br />

Chemistry Engineering Medical<br />

sciences<br />

Japan publishes most in life sciences<br />

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

95 630<br />

Physics<br />

121 907<br />

7.8%<br />

Share of Japanese papers among<br />

10% most-cited, 2008–2012;<br />

the OECD average is 11.2%<br />

76 693<br />

66 655<br />

53 819<br />

24 473<br />

11 834<br />

5 918<br />

6 081<br />

11 356<br />

822<br />

1 547 1 362<br />

Agriculture<br />

Astronomy<br />

Biological sciences<br />

Note: Excludes 45 647 unclassified articles<br />

Chemistry<br />

Computer science<br />

Engineering<br />

Japan’s top partners are the USA and China<br />

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

Geosciences<br />

Mathematics<br />

Medical sciences<br />

Other life sciences<br />

Physics<br />

Psychology<br />

Social sciences<br />

27.1%<br />

Share of Japanese papers with foreign coauthors,<br />

2008–2014; the OECD average is 29.0%<br />

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

Japan USA (50 506) China (26 053) Germany (15 943) UK (14 796) Korea, Rep. (12 108)<br />

Source: Thomson Reuters’ Web of Science, Science Citation Index Expanded; data treatment by Science–Metrix, November 2014; for Japan’s world share of<br />

publications: NISTEP (2009, 2014) Indicators of Science and Technology<br />

654

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