The scientific research fund subsidy program accounts for the majority of the Top 10% corrected papers in which the number of papers published and cited in the field of natural science in Japan is in the top 10%, but the growth rate has been decreasing in recent years. , I found out from the materials submitted to the Research Funds Subcommittee of the Science and Technology Council.

 The materials were compiled by the National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and the number of papers and researchers involved in the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research was examined from the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research Database. Top10% The number of corrected papers refers to the number of papers that have been corrected so that the number of citations is 10/1 of the actual number of papers after extracting the papers that are in the top 10% in each field each year.

 それによると、科研費が関係した論文は2011~2013年の3年平均で論文総数の52.0%、Top10%補正論文数の60.4%を占めた。しかし、科研費が関係した論文数の伸び率が1996~1998年から2001~2003年で30%、2001~2003年から2006~2008年で20.9%だったのに対し、2006~2008年から2011~2013年は7.4%に下がっている。
Top10%補正論文数でも、1996~1998年から2001~2003年は19.4%、2001~2003年から2006~2008年は17.6%だったが、2006~2008年から2011~2013年は5.4%に落ち込んでいた。

 これに対し、科研費が関与しないTop10%補正論文数の伸び率は2001~2003年から2006~2008年はマイナス7.5%だったが、2006~2008年から2011~2013年は10.2%と増加に転じている。

 On the other hand, among open-access journal articles that can be viewed online for free and without restrictions, those involving Kakenhi showed a high growth rate of 2006% from 2008 to 2011 to 2013 to 118.2, and increased sharply. doing.Of these, the number of Top 10% corrected papers also increased significantly to 142.4% during the same period, and the presence of Kakenhi is increasing.

reference:[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology] 9th Research Fund Subcommittee (4th) Handouts

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