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The most prolific countries – Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan – specialize in physics and Central chemistryAsia<br />

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

Kazakhstan<br />

38<br />

37<br />

212<br />

435 13 255 174 204 144<br />

3 554<br />

5<br />

14<br />

Kyrgyzstan<br />

14 1<br />

54<br />

36<br />

1<br />

22<br />

133 11 61 2 67 3<br />

Tajikistan<br />

2<br />

17<br />

34 72 18 40 46 23 57<br />

Turkmenistan<br />

7<br />

3 3<br />

13 37 3 6<br />

Uzbekistan<br />

67<br />

84<br />

168 442 4 163<br />

108<br />

204<br />

93 725<br />

3<br />

6<br />

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

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

Social sciences<br />

Note: Totals exclude unclassified articles.<br />

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

The average citation rate is low<br />

Share of publications among 10% most cited, 2008–2012 (%)<br />

G20 average 1.02<br />

G20 average 10.2%<br />

0.77<br />

7.4<br />

0.67<br />

6.2<br />

Chapter 14<br />

0.51<br />

0.48<br />

4.5<br />

0.39<br />

2.9<br />

3.0<br />

Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan<br />

Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan<br />

The Russian Federation, Germany and the USA are the region’s top partners<br />

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

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

Kazakhstan Russian Fed. (565) USA (329) Germany (240) UK (182) Japan (150)<br />

Kyrgyzstan Russian Fed. (99) Turkey/Germany (74) USA (56) Kazakhstan (43)<br />

Tajikistan Pakistan (68) Russian Fed. (58) USA (46) Germany (26) UK (20)<br />

Turkmenistan Turkey (50) Russian Fed. (11) USA/Italy (6) China/Germany (4)<br />

Uzbekistan Russian Fed. (326) Germany (258) USA (198) Italy (131) Spain (101)<br />

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

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