Why is Swedish science not performing as well as expected? Staffan Karlsson, Royal Institute of Technology The 18th Nordic Workshop on Bibliometrics and Research Policy, 2013
Several other countries develop better in terms of citation rates Mean normalized citation rate Swedish Research Council 2008
The ”Excellence project” at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Öquist G & Benner, M Fostering breakthrough research. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences akademirapport_breakthrough_research_ pdf Why? 1. Research policy
A study of highly cited papers by the Swedish Research Council Karlsson S. & Persson O The Swedish production of highly cited papers. Vetenskapsrådets lilla rapportserie 5: Why? 2. Biometrics
Development of the top 10 %-index
Mean citation rate for base-publications
The proportion not cited papers
Collaboration and impact
Main collaboration countries
Papers in top journals Nature, PNAS & Science Contribution to total national output Country Proportion of total output Denmark 0.46% Finland 0.27% Netherlands 0.42% Sweden 0.55% Switzerland 0.80% United Kingdom 0.62%
Impact of papers in top journals
Are there a few top research institutions that affect national values? Institutions w. > 50 publ/yr
Summing up… More or less all aspects compared, Sweden (and Finland) perform less well than the other countries… Sweden has a problem at the system level Or is the bibliometric statistics giving an incomplete picture?
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