When the National Institute of Science and Technology Policy analyzed the publication status of papers related to the new coronavirus in each country, it was found that there is a correlation between the number of papers published and the number of infected people by country and region.The number of papers published in Japan is not so large, 8th to 17th.
According to the National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, the paper data published by WHO (World Health Organization) and the papers of the preprint server that publishes pre-reviewed papers such as bio-archives to the public are aggregated by country and region. I popped out the numbers.
As for the countries and regions where the papers were published, as seen by the affiliation of the first author, China is the top in both WHO data and preprint server data, and the United States is second.It can be seen that these two countries are far apart from each other and are leading the world in the research of the new corona.
According to WHO data, Italy was 3rd, the UK was 4th, France was 5th, and Japan was 17th.In terms of preprint server data, the UK, Italy, and Germany are in third place and below, and Japan is in eighth place with the same number as Hong Kong.In both data, countries with the highest number of infected people occupy the top positions.
While Japan has been pointed out that its research capabilities are declining, it has not been able to demonstrate its presence even with the new Corona.The National Institute of Science and Technology Policy claims that the number of papers published per infected person exceeds that of the United States and other countries, but there is a large difference in the number of PCR tests conducted between Japan and foreign countries, and this claim is questionable. Voice is likely to rise.
