FYI ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: LIBLICENSE <liblicense@gmail.com> Date: Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 12:03 PM Subject: Elsevier Releases Industry Study Revealing Growth Trends from the Global South among G20 Nations To: <LIBLICENSE-L@listserv.crl.edu> From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <aokerson@gmail.com <asokerson@gmail.com>> Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2023 22:43:54 -0400 London July 12, 2023 Elsevier <https://www.elsevier.com/en-gb>, a global leader in evidence-based clinical practice content, research publishing, and information analytics, just published the newest report analyzing global research trends with a focus on collaborations between the largest economies in the world. *Fostering collaboration: a study of scientific publications with authors in G20 countries* <https://www.elsevier.com/en-xs/events/conferences/g20-iiser-pune-summit-2/_nocache>, studied data from Elsevier’s industry leading SCOPUS database and uncovered that researchers in G20 nations co-authored 75% of total scientific publications worldwide from 2012-2021. The report, which was spotlighted at a seminar jointly organized by India’s Ministry of Education in partnership with Elsevier, analyses scientific production of the 19 G20 members, all of which have rigorous research and development programs. Elsevier examined 24,746,950 scientific publications from researchers at nearly 20,000 institutions. The data introduced some striking trends in global research. Global South Research Growth Of most note, for the first time India has taken over the United Kingdom as the third largest producer of research globally, behind China and the U.S. In fact, while the report shows all G20 countries saw enormous growth in their scientific capacity over the last 30 years, it revealed those belonging to the Global South saw the most growth. In the period 1999 to 2022, the number of scientific publications with authors in India grew 11.2% per year. For China the rate was 14.7%, for Saudi Arabia 16%, and for Indonesia 20.1% per year. Looking at the last decade, Indonesia’s research output grew 26% per year, Saudia Arabia was at 17%, and South Africa grew 7.8% annually compared to the world average growth rate of 3.6%. Data further reveals that China and India showed a growth rate of 9.3% and 9.7% respectively, substantially higher than that of the U.S at 0.5%. [SNIP] The report, *Fostering collaboration: a study of scientific publications with authors in G20 countries,* is available online <https://www.elsevier.com/en-xs/events/conferences/g20-iiser-pune-summit-2/_nocache> . https://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/research-and-journals/elsevier...