Table 2 Relative comparison of the number of Asian research articles during 1998--2006
| Â | Relative to the domestic total number | Relative to the total number of OR, RV or OR+RV of 11 Asian countries | Relative to the total number of OR, RV or OR+RV of the world | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | OR/OR+ RV | RV/OR+ RV | OR/OR | RV/RV | OR+RV/OR+RV | OR/OR | RV/RV | OR+RV/OR+RV |
Japan | 93.3 | 6.7 | 46.1 | 63.0 | 46.9 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 5.6 |
China | 98.5 | 1.5 | 16.3 | 4.7 | 15.7 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
India | 95.8 | 4.2 | 16.3 | 13.5 | 16.1 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 1.9 |
Taiwan | 95.3 | 4.7 | 9.9 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.2 |
Korea | 97.8 | 2.3 | 5.9 | 2.7 | 5.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
Singapore | 91.0 | 9.0 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Malaysia | 94.9 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Indonesia | 98.3 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | 0.1 |
Vietnam | 96.4 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | 0.1 |
Thailand | 92.3 | 7.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | 0.1 |
Philippines | 93.8 | 6.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | < 0.1 | 0.1 |
Asian countries (above 11 countries) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 12.8 | 5.5 | 12.0 |