S&T knowledge production from 2000 to 2009 in two periphery countries: Brazil and South Korea

Daniel Fink, Youngsun Kwon (), Jae Jeung Rho and Minho So
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Daniel Fink: Embassy of Brazil in Seoul
Youngsun Kwon: KAIST
Jae Jeung Rho: KAIST
Minho So: KAIST

Scientometrics, 2014, vol. 99, issue 1, No 4, 37-54

Abstract: Abstract This paper investigates the dynamic evolution profiles of science and technology knowledge production in Brazil and the Republic of Korea from 2000 to 2009. The two countries have followed different models of publication profiles, bioenvironmental model and Japanese model, and they currently belong to periphery countries in terms of the center-periphery framework. Brazil and the Republic of Korea have established a few core disciplines successfully and increased their share in the world publication of scientific papers over the last decade. Notwithstanding the fact that the two countries have recorded sustained growth in the percentage of published scientific papers, South Korea has evolved into a more balanced science and technology knowledge production system, whereas Brazil into the more unbalanced knowledge production system. Core-lagging or periphery-lagging patterns of science production have been revealed in Brazil and indirectly imply that the existing science base has not been fully stimulated or utilized.

Keywords: Publication profiles; S&T knowledge production; Dynamic evolution profiles; Brazil; South Korea (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s11192-013-1085-6

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