Growth in Academic Publications: Southeast Asia 2009-2010
Countries ranked by percentage increase in publications in the ISI Science, Social Science and Arts and Humanities indexes and Conference Proceedings between 2009 and 2010. (total 2010 publications in brackets)
1. Malaysia 31% (8603)
2. Laos 30% (96)
3. Indonesia 30% (1631)
4. Brunei 16% (88)
5. Papua New Guinea 5% (67)
6. Vietnam 5% (1247)
7. Singapore 4% (11900)
8. Thailand 2% (2248)
9. Timor Leste 0% (4)
10. Cambodia -5% (158)
11. Myanmar -12% (78)
Singapore is still the dominant research power in Southeast Asia but Malaysia and Indonesia, admittedly with much larger populations, are closing fast. Thailand is growing very slowly and Myanmar is shrinking.
(data collected 23/3/11)
This data is highly informative and it is encouraging to see the increases in publications in countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia. It would be interesting to see the specific breakdown of publications in the categories of ISI Science, Social Science, and Arts and humanities. It would also be interesting to note the level of the publications and determine what percentage of publications is from schools.
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