Interesting statistics, Stevan. The only countries in the top 10 outside Europe are Canada, Australia and the USA. No-one from Asia, Africa or South America. Might this be indifference due to a language barrier (ie English not being as universal as often supposed)? Many of those in the top 10 are English-speaking or have a strong multi-lingual orientation. Alternatively, though not exclusively, it may be a developing world consequence (large populations relative to scientific enterprises).
Arthur Sale Tasmania AUSTRALIA > -----Original Message----- > > Here are some statistics you might find interesting, ranking countries > on their number of registered OA Archives (absolute and relative to > population size, counting only countries with 4 or more Archives): > > Sources: > Population size: http://www.geohive.com/global/world.php > OA Archives: http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php?action=browse > > Country Archs pop(M) ratio rank > > USA (127) 293.1M 43 > UK (54) 60.3M 90 3rd/M* > Germany (38) 82.4M 46 > Canada (28) 32.5M 86 4th/M > France (19) 60.4M 32 > Brazil (18) 184.1M 10 > Italy (16) 58.1M 28 > Austral.(16) 19.9M 80 5th/M > Netherl.(16) 16.3M 98 2nd/M** > Sweden (12) 7,5M 160 1st/M*** > India (7) 1B 1 > Belgium (5) 10.4M 48 > Portug. (5) 10.5M 48 > Finland (4) 5.2M 77 6th/M > Denmark (4) 5.4M 75 7th/M > So Afr. (4) 42.7M 9 > Hungary (4) 10.0M 40 > Spain (4) 40.3M 10 > Japan (4) 127.3M 3 > > Top 12 for number of OA archives per million population: > > (1) Sweden > (2) Netherlands > (3) UK > (4) Canada > (5) Australia > (6) Finland > (7) Denmark > (8) Belgium > (9) Portugal > (10) Germany > (11) US > (12) Hungary > > Top (and only) 6 for Registered Self-Archiving Policies > (1) France > (2) Germany > (3) UK > (4) Australia > (5) Portugal > (6) US > Policy Registry: http://www.eprints.org/signup/fulllist.php > > Country ranks for number and ratio of self-archived articles (15% worldwide): > > Partial data for Biology and Social Sciences available here: > > http://www.crsc.uqam.ca/lab/chawki/analyse_pays.htm > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Current national tally of members of American Scientist Open Access Forum: > http://amsci-forum.amsci.org/archives/American-Scientist-Open-Access-Forum.h tml > > Not counted: > > 98 COM (International) > 62 ORG (International) > 12 NET (International) > > By country: > > 134 EDU + 10 GOV (United States) > 129 UK (United Kingdom) > 47 CA (Canada) > 31 DE (Germany) > 22 AU (Australia) > 21 FR (France) > 17 IT (Italy) > 11 IN (India) > 10 CH (Switzerland) > 10 CN (China) > 10 NL (Netherlands) > 8 JP (Japan) > 8 PT (Portugal) > 8 SE (Sweden) > 6 BR (Brazil) > 6 FI (Finland) > 4 BE (Belgium) > 4 ES (spain) > 3 DK (Denmark) > 3 IL (Israel) > 3 ZA (South Africa) > 2 AT (Austria) > 2 HU (Hungary) > 2 IE (Ireland) > 2 MX (Mexico) > 2 NZ (New Zealand) > 2 SG (Singapore) > (19 other countries, 1 each)
