Part2 The Current Status of Science and Technologyin Japan and Other Nations
2.3 Trends Related to Research Performance
2.3.1 Scientific Papers
Scientific papers are the achievements of R&D.It is impossible
to make a simple comparison between scientific papers because of the language
normally used by the researchers and the language they are written in,etc.However,here
is a comparison of the number of scientific papers and the number of citation
on the basis of the database 15) compiled
by Institute for Scientific Information.