The new study of the National Documentation Center (ECT) "Greek Scientific Publications 1998-2012: Bibliometric analysis of Greek publications in international scientific journals - Web of Science" reflects the scientific writing activity of Greek institutions in international journals for the fifteen years 1998-2012 and highlights the position of Greece in the international environment . The study, which is part of the now established series of studies conducted by the ESF, is available online at http://metrics.ekt.gr/report04 .
The new study draws data from the Web of Science database and comes in addition to the three previous ESF studies (two from Web of Science and one from Scopus), thus creating a continuous and reliable basis for the presentation και παρακολούθηση της εξέλιξης των στοιχείων που συνδέονται με τις ελληνικές δημοσιεύσεις και την τοποθέτησή τους στο διεθνές περιβάλλον (παγκόσμιο, ΟΟΣΑ και Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση).
New indicators were added to this study andletterτα, εμπλουτίζοντας τον ήδη μεγάλο αριθμό δεδομένων, ενώ το ηλεκτρονικό περιβάλλον διαθέτει νέες functionalτητες και δυνατότητες. Για παράδειγμα, προστέθηκε η ενότητα “προφίλ φορέων” όπου συγκεντρώνονται οι δείκτες για κάθε έναν φορέα από τους 78 φορείς που αναλύει η μελέτη. Ακόμα, οι χρήστες έχουν πλέον τη δυνατότητα να κατεβάζουν τα δεδομένα που παρουσιάζει κάθε διάγραμμα σε αρχεία csv ώστε να μπορούν να τα χρησιμοποιούν σε δικές τους αναλύσεις.
The development of the online environment for the electronic version of the study was carried out in the framework of the operation "National Information System Research and Technology / Social Networks - User Generated Content" implemented by the ESF under the Operational Program "Digital Convergence" (NSRF 2007- 2013), co-financed by Greece and the European Union-European Regional Development Fund.
The results of the study
According to the results of the study, the decline observed in the Greek production of scientific publications in the 2009-2010 period, is suppressed by 2011, where 2012 is increasing.
In particular, 2012 records 11.138 Greek scientific publications in international scientific journals that index the Web of Science system. After the slight decline recorded in 2010, the number of Greek scientific publications is again rising.
Based on the number of publications in relation to the national expenditure for R&D and research potential in the country, Greece is in the first places in relation to the EU countries, indicating high "productivity" of the Greek research system in terms of production of scientific publications. . In terms of the number of publications for every million monetary units spent on R&D in EU countries, Greece is in third place, followed by Croatia and Romania. Also, in terms of the number of publications per full-time researcher equivalent for each country, Greece appears in sixth place, followed by the Netherlands, Croatia, Italy, Ireland and Sweden.
In terms of resonance, originality, quality and awareness, Greek publications are dynamically placed in the international environment, as references to Greek publications have an increasing trend, showing higher rates of growth than the EU and OECD countries.
At the same time, the country's participation in the number of EU and OECD petitions is increasing, as is the share of petitions. Specifically, over the past five years, 2008-2012, Greek publications received 279.178 reports, almost four times more than the 1998-2002 five-year period. Also, over the same five years, the share of Greek publications in the EU is 2,20% and OECD 1,03%.
Another indicator linked to the originality and quality of the research work and the recognition of scholar scientists is the percentage of publications receiving reports. The 1998-2012 five-year 2008-2012 has grown to over 68,3% and exceeds the EU (67,8%) and OECD (67,7%) rates over the past fifteen years.
The publications with the highest resonance
In the last five years 2008-2012, Greek publications receive an average of 5,23 reports per publication, while the average number of reports per publication in the EU is 5,70 and in the OECD 5,71. It is noteworthy that the response rate of Greek publications is constantly increasing and even faster than the response rates of EU and OECD countries.
On the other hand, the relative index of Greek publications - indicating whether the average of reports received by Greek publications is close to the average of reports in EU or OECD member countries - continues its upward trend in throughout the 1998-2012 period, approaching the EU and OECD averages. Based on the relative impact index (0,92), 2008-2012 for five years, Greece is at 23 position among 32 member countries of the OECD
Regarding the bibliometric indices recording the high impact on publications (number or percentage of all publications ranked globally at 1%, 5%, 10%, 25% and 50% of the highest impact publications per year and thematic area), the corresponding distribution of Greek publications was 1,2%, 5,4%, 10,2%, 23,2% and 43,5%. This development is particularly important for the scientific production of the country, since when the percentage distribution of a country's high-grade publications approaches or exceeds the global distribution (1%, 5%, 10%, 25% and 50%), is considered to be close to or above the global average. Greece exceeds the world average in the categories 1%, 5% and 10%. 
Also important is the participation / leadership of Greek scientists in publications with high impact. At 32,6% of the publications with Greek participation in the top 1%, the first writer comes from a Greek publisher. In the top 5% this percentage is 46,4% and top 10% to 53,5%.
Who produces the most scientific publications
For 2008-2012, the three most important categories of Greek publishers are Universities, Research Centers supervised by GSRT, and Public Hospitals. Throughout the period, the evolution of the publicity impact indicators is positive for the individual groups of actors and is in line with the rise in relative indicators of all Greek publications.
With reference to the rates of peer-reviewed publications, the Research Centers supervised by the GSRT have priority, followed by Private Non Profit Institutions, Private Health Bodies, and Universities.
Higher repercussions from the global average are achieved by publications from the Research Centers supervised by GSRT and Universities, with relevant impact indicators 1,33 and 1,03 respectively (Diagram 3.3.1). Other Institutions (1,02), Public Research Organizations (1,02), and Private Health Institutions (1,00) are very close. (When the value of the relevant impact index is greater than 1, the publications of the corresponding category have a higher impact than the global average).
It is worth noting that all categories of organizations increase collaborations with Greek and foreign researchers to produce publications.
What scientific fields dominate
The six main scientific fields were used to capture the research activity in scientific fields: Natural Sciences, Engineering & Technology, Medicine & Health Sciences, Medical Sciences, Agricultural Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities and their subcategories, according to the relevant OECD Frascati handbook.
In the five-year period 2008-2012, the relative magnitude of the Greek publications in all major scientific fields is increasing compared to the five-year period 2006-2010 presented in the previous ESF study. The relevant 2008-2012 five-year resonance indexes are close to or even exceed the global average, with values ranging from 0,81 to 1,09 (a relative impact index greater than 1 suggests that the impact of Greek publications is higher than the global average).
Significant is the response of the publications of the scientific fields "Natural Sciences" and "Engineering & Technology", which record ratings higher than the global average (1,09 and 1,06 respectively). The following are the scientific fields "Agricultural Sciences" with a relative impact index of 0,94, "Medicine & Health Sciences" with a relevant impact index of 0,93, "Humanities" with a relevant impact index of 0,90 and "Social Sciences" with a relevant impact index 0,81.
With whom the Greek researchers work together
As regards scientific collaborations for the production of Greek publications, the 1998-2012 period is steadily rising. At international level, the largest number of collaborations is recorded with the USA, the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Italy.
Partnerships have a positive impact on the impact of scientific publications. A relevant analysis carried out in the context of the ESF study shows that, in all scientific fields, the relative impact indicator is significantly higher in the case of post-international publications. Respectively, in almost all cases, the impact index of publications with domestic co-operation is - albeit slightly larger than that for non-cooperative publications.
Addresses on the Internet
Study "Greek Scientific Publications 1998-2012: Bibliometric analysis of Greek publications in international scientific journals - Web of Science"
http://metrics.ekt.gr/report04
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