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http://dx.doi.org/10.1633/JISTaP.2014.2.1.3

Korea's STEM Research Analysis Based on Publications in the Web of Science, 1968-2012  

Kim, Byungkyu (Information Service Center, Institute of Science and Technology Information)
So, Minho (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Choi, Seon-Heui (Information Service Center, Institute of Science and Technology Information)
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Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice / v.2, no.1, 2014 , pp. 35-47 More about this Journal
Abstract
Korean researchers' scientific outputs are increasing rapidly with the growth of both Korea's economy and industry size. This is the time to analyze the scientific output (STEM area) of Korea over the last 40 years. For this analysis, this study used the SCIE database of Web of Science (WoS), which is a representative global Citation Index Service. The objects of analysis are every Korean document published in the SCIE journal, and the research scopes are (1) analysis of citation and subject categories and (2) analysis of co-authorship. Through this study, characteristics such as cited trend and research trend by subject, and the status of collaboration between Korea and other countries including the 50 states of the USA were revealed.
Keywords
Bibliometrics; STEM research; Web of Science; Korea;
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Times Cited By KSCI : 3  (Citation Analysis)
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