India is placed 3rd among countries in scientific publication

The first two ranks were occupied by USA and China

• The National Science and Technology Management Information (NSTMIS) has conducted a
  survey on Research and Development Statistics and Indicators 2019 – 2020
• The report says that India ranks 3rd globally in the scientific publication
• The first rank is occupied by USA and China occupies in the 2nd place

Key findings of the NSTMIS survey

• India’s gross expenditure in R&D has tripled between 2008 & 2018 driven mainly by
  Government sector and scientific publications have risen placing the country internationally amongthe top few
• This is as per the R&D Statistics and Indicators 2019-20 based on the national S&T survey
  2018 brought out by the National Science and Technology Management Information (NSTMIS),
  Department of Science and Technology (DST)
• The report on R&D indicators for the nation is an extraordinarily important document for the
  evidence-based policymaking and planning in higher education, R&D activities and support,
  intellectual property, and industrial competitiveness
• While it is heartening to see substantial progress in the basic indicators of R&D strengths such
  as the global leadership in the number of scientific publications, there are also areas of concern
  that need strengthening

Salient highlights of India’s scientific publications

• During 2018, India was ranked at 3rd, 5th and 9th in scientific publication output as per the
  NSF, SCOPUS and SCI database respectively
• During 2011-2016, India’s growth rate of scientific publication as per the SCOPUS and SCI
  database was 8.4% and 6.4% as against the world average of 1.9% and 3.7%, respectively.
• India’s share in global research publication output has increased over the years as reflected in
  publication databases
• The report shows that with the rise in publication, the country is globally at the 3rd position on
  this score as per the NSF database, 3rd in the number of Ph.D. in science & engineering. The
  number of researchers per million populations has doubled since 2000
• The report captures the R&D landscape of the country through various Input-Output S&T
  Indicators in the form of Tables and graphs
• These pertain to Investments in national R&D, R&D investments by Government and Private
  sector; R&D relationship with economy (GDP), Enrolment of S&T personnel, Manpower engaged inR&D, Outrun of S&T personnel, papers published, patents and their international S&T
  comparisons
• The survey included more than 6800 S&T Institutions spread across varied sectors like central
  government, state governments, higher education, public sector industry, and private sector
  industry in the country, and a response rate of more than 90% was achieved
• The Gross expenditure on R&D (GERD) in the country has been consistently increasing over the
  years and has nearly tripled from Rs. 39,437.77 crore in 2007- 08 to Rs. 1,13,825.03 crore in 2017-
  18
• India spent 0.7% of its GDP on R&D in 2017-18, while the same among other developing BRICS
  countries was Brazil 1.3%, Russian Federation 1.1%, China 2.1% and South Africa 0.8%

Extramural R&D support by central S&T
agencies has increased significantly

• DST and DBT were the two major players contributing 63% and 14%, respectively of the total
  extramural R&D support in the country during 2016-17
• Women participation in extramural R&D projects has increased significantly to 24% in 2016-17
  from 13% in 2000-01 due to various initiatives undertaken by the Government in S&T sector
• As on 1st April 2018, nearly 5.52 lakh personnel were employed in the R&D establishments in
  the country.

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