Table 3 Number of articles on climate change (threshold 300 articles) related to research specific parameters per country ranked by RGERD, GERD in bn PPP$ = gross expenditures for research and development in billion in US dollars (PPP = purchasing power parity), FTE = full-time equivalent, RGERD = number of articles per GERD in current bn PPP$, and RRES = number of articles per Researcher FTE/1000
From: Climate change: Does international research fulfill global demands and necessities?
Rank RGERD | Country | Articles | GERD in bn PPP$ | Researcher FTE/1000 | R GERD | RRES | Rank RRES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | New Zealand | 523 | 2.14 | 18.70 | 244.34 | 27.97 | 1 |
2 | Australia | 3349 | 21.20 | n/a | 157.98 | n/a | n/a |
3 | Norway | 917 | 6.86 | 34.37 | 133.77 | 26.68 | 2 |
4 | South Africa | 733 | 6.09 | 27.66 | 120.36 | 26.50 | 3 |
5 | UK | 5524 | 47.81 | 289.67 | 115.54 | 19.07 | 6 |
6 | Canada | 3126 | 27.18 | 155.13 | 115.01 | 20.15 | 5 |
7 | Iran | 339 | 3.32 | 51.96 | 102.19 | 6.52 | 20 |
8 | Portugal | 429 | 4.33 | 44.32 | 99.13 | 9.68 | 14 |
9 | Finland | 637 | 6.83 | 37.05 | 93.28 | 17.19 | 9 |
10 | Greece | 316 | 3.40 | 35.19 | 93.02 | 8.98 | 17 |
11 | Netherlands | 1595 | 18.01 | 85.30 | 88.58 | 18.70 | 7 |
12 | Denmark | 795 | 9.20 | 45.28 | 86.46 | 17.56 | 8 |
13 | Sweden | 1215 | 16.74 | 75.25 | 72.57 | 16.15 | 11 |
14 | Spain | 1458 | 21.37 | 133.20 | 68.23 | 10.95 | 13 |
15 | Switzerland | 1126 | 17.79 | 43.74 | 63.30 | 25.74 | 4 |
16 | Austria | 668 | 14.58 | 44.93 | 45.81 | 14.87 | 12 |
17 | Mexico | 501 | 11.03 | 29.92 | 45.44 | 16.74 | 10 |
18 | Italy | 1300 | 32.47 | 136.20 | 40.03 | 9.54 | 15 |
19 | Belgium | 503 | 14.18 | 56.48 | 35.48 | 8.91 | 18 |
20 | France | 1724 | 62.95 | 288.58 | 27.39 | 5.97 | 21 |
21 | India | 1300 | 49.75 | 282.99 | 26.13 | 4.59 | 22 |
22 | Germany | 3238 | 127.11 | 413.54 | 25.47 | 7.83 | 19 |
23 | USA | 12,637 | 543.25 | 1371.29 | 23.26 | 9.22 | 16 |
24 | Brazil | 688 | 39.90 | 179.99 | 17.24 | 3.82 | 23 |
25 | Turkey | 305 | 20.58 | 111.89 | 14.82 | 2.73 | 24 |
26 | Russia | 488 | 42.27 | 410.62 | 11.55 | 1.19 | 28 |
27 | China | 3508 | 495.98 | 1740.44 | 7.07 | 2.02 | 25 |
28 | South Korea | 621 | 89.83 | 383.10 | 6.91 | 1.62 | 27 |
29 | Japan | 1106 | 175.84 | 676.29 | 6.29 | 1.64 | 26 |