National Statistics on Research Publications

Introduction

The South Asian countries have identified Science & Technology as an important component of National Development. In 2006 Sri Lanka’s R & D expenditure was 0.2% of GDP and that of India 1.1%, Pakistan 0.3 % and Nepal 0.2 %. East–Asian countries invest 1.5 – 2.5 % of GDP on R & D.

Sri Lanka is behind many Asian countries, in published research , but statistics from 1998 onwards show that there is a very significant upward trend in Sri Lanka’s scientific productivity.

This study, based on SCI publications, indicate where Sri Lanka stands in the world scene and the output of published research in our R & D organizations. This study also highlights the top ranker for each year, in the country.

Research Output of Sri Lanka from 1999 -2006

Overview

No of Publications Recorded
No. of Sri Lankan institutes recorded
No. of Sri Lankan scientists recorded

Individual Cumulative Index -ICI

Institutional Index - InsI

Yealy Comparison of Sri lankan SCI Publicatons

Last updated: December 16, 2009