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Engineering dominates in Malaysia and Singapore, life sciences Southeast and geosciences Asia elsewhere and Oceania<br />

Countries with more than 20 publications in 2014; cumulative totals by field, 2008–2014<br />

Australia<br />

1 224<br />

902<br />

8 683 2 527 952 4 077 4 215 839 12 218<br />

1 006<br />

2 342<br />

589<br />

543<br />

Cambodia<br />

Fiji<br />

7 55 11 19 45 3 1 6<br />

1 14 6 6 17 16 1 15<br />

12<br />

Indonesia<br />

82 2 295 90 15 191 180 16 164 10<br />

62<br />

13<br />

19<br />

Lao PDR<br />

11 29 1 2 19<br />

1 25 3<br />

Malaysia<br />

324 7 914 945 391 2 231 524 149 849 21 654<br />

18<br />

51<br />

Myanmar<br />

New Zealand<br />

Papua New Guinea<br />

Philippines<br />

1 18 3 9 18 2 2<br />

476 64 1 750 308 101 449<br />

896 175 1 661 100 302 97 93<br />

1 42 2 2 10 26 1<br />

79 186 41 3 54 110 6 140 53 410<br />

Singapore<br />

Thailand<br />

Viet Nam<br />

62<br />

3<br />

1 482 1 332 527 1 752 354 251 1 518 73 1 210<br />

299 27 1 247 556 77 714 278 167 1 174 36 377<br />

70 12 324 174 100 289 195 257 174 5 306<br />

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

46<br />

57<br />

7<br />

34<br />

2<br />

9<br />

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

Social sciences<br />

Note: Unclassified articles are excluded.<br />

Six countries topped the OECD average for<br />

the share of papers among the 10% most cited<br />

between 2008 and 2012<br />

Five countries topped the OECD average for the<br />

average citation rate between 2008 and 2012<br />

Singapore<br />

16.4<br />

Singapore<br />

1.47<br />

Cambodia<br />

14.3<br />

Cambodia<br />

1.39<br />

Australia<br />

Solomon Islands<br />

Philippines<br />

New Zealand<br />

Lao PDR<br />

Papua New Guinea<br />

Indonesia<br />

Malaysia<br />

Thailand<br />

Viet Nam<br />

Fiji<br />

Myanmar<br />

Vanuatu 3.3<br />

9.0<br />

8.4<br />

8.4<br />

8.2<br />

8.1<br />

7.9<br />

6.4<br />

14.1<br />

13.6<br />

12.1<br />

12.0<br />

10.0<br />

OECD average: 11.1%<br />

G20 average: 10.2%<br />

0 5 10 15 20<br />

Australia<br />

New Zealand<br />

Philippines<br />

Lao PDR<br />

Solomon Isalnds<br />

Indonesia<br />

Thailand<br />

Fiji<br />

Papua New Guinea<br />

Viet Nam<br />

Vanuatu<br />

Malaysia<br />

Myanmar<br />

1.00<br />

0.96<br />

0.95<br />

0.93<br />

0.88<br />

0.86<br />

0.81<br />

0.83<br />

0.69<br />

1.31<br />

1.22<br />

1.15<br />

1.02<br />

OECD average: 1.08<br />

G20 average: 1.02<br />

0 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.5<br />

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