Clarivate Plc (NYSE:CLVT), a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation, today launched a new report which examines the research performance of each of the member countries of the G20 with a visual comparative snapshot for each nation. It also includes a special analysis of the G20 members’ COVID-19 research as indexed in the Web of Science™ research publication and citation index.
The report, The Annual G20 Scorecard – Research Performance 2021 has been created by the Institute for Scientific Information™ at Clarivate ahead of this year’s G20 Summit, which will be hosted virtually by Rome, Italy on October 30-31. It includes both a written summary and an array of graphs and exhibits that highlight the research performance of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mainland China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The report focuses on the different national responses to COVID-19 and the link to each region’s research investment and subject diversity. It finds that regions with more even research bases, especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom, tend to support a response across a wider range of COVID-19 topics. Other G20 nations with less even research bases tend toward a more specialized response. However, one notable exception is Brazil, where a less diverse research base has responded strongly to COVID-19, reflecting the relevant strengths in its research portfolio, particularly around biosciences.
Jonathan Adams, Director at the Institute for Scientific Information at Clarivate and a co-author of this annual report said: “The G20 meeting is a crucial forum for international co-operation and it’s increasingly important to understand how the world’s leading economies are using their expertise and resources to address the world’s present and future challenges. The overall pattern in COVID-19 research that we see from our analysis is clear: as in economics, diversity in national portfolios enables a rapid and agile response. These scorecards will help policymakers, observers and reporters to understand the strengths and opportunities of G20 member nations during this global crisis and beyond.”
The national research profiles within the report are selective, highlighting chosen topics of current policy interest that identify good signals of the health of the research base for each G20 member nation. Key factors that contribute to impactful research are laid out for each nation in the report and benchmarked.
