Washington: India has become the third-largest publisher of science and engineering articles, with China and the USA taking the top two positions respectively.
The USA National Science Foundation (NSF), a US government agency, in its report has revealed that India published 1.35 lakh scientific papers in 2018. China topped the list with 5,28,263 publications followed by the USA with 4,22,808 articles published.
India’s emergence as the third-largest publisher is mainly due to a phenomenal double-digit growth rate in the last decade from 2008 to 2018, news agency PTI said on Wednesday quoting the report.
Overall, the number of scientific papers published worldwide increased from 1,755,850 in 2008 to 2,555,959 in 2018.
The top ten 10 in relation to the articles published in 2018:
China — 5,28,263
USA — 4,22,808
Inda — 1,35,788
Germany — 1,04,396
Japan — 98,793
UK — 97,681
Russia — 81,579
Italy — 71,240
South Korea — 66,376
France — 66,352
The data, which was released on Tuesday, stated that in 2008, India published 48,998 science and engineering articles. This increased to 1,35,788 articles in 2018 at an average annual growth rate of 10.73 per cent and the country now accounts for 5.31 per cent of the total world publications in science and engineering, the news agency said.
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