Instead of relating it to total population, one might want to express
the number of archives in relation to the number of people in
tertiary enrollment (i.e. after secondary school). That may give a
somewhat more relevant picture, if we assume that tertiary enrollment
has more of a relationship with scientific activity than general
population. The language bias seems less prominent this way. But huge
caveats remain. For instance, the average size of institutions in
different countries is not taken into account. If that is large, then
we should expect fewer repositories relative to total enrollment.
Data from http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d03/tables/dt395.asp.
Enrollment figures from 1997. An assumption has been made that those
haven't changed relatively, between countries.
Figures and rankings become:
Country -- Archives -- Popul(Mn) -- Tert.Enroll.(K) -- ratio(arch./Mn
tert. student) -- rank
USA -- (127) -- 293.1Mn -- 14262 -- 8.9 -- 10
UK -- (54) -- 60.3Mn -- 1821 -- 29.7 -- 2
Germany -- (38) -- 82.4Mn -- 2132 -- 17.8 -- 4
Canada -- (28) -- 32.5Mn -- 1763 -- 15.9 -- 5
France -- (19) -- 60.4Mn -- 2062 -- 9.2 -- 9
Brazil -- (18) -- 184.1Mn -- 1869 -- 9.6 -- 8
Italy -- (16) -- 58.1Mn -- 1893 -- 8.5 -- 11
Austral. -- (16) -- 19.9Mn -- 1042 -- 15.4 -- 6
Netherl. -- (16) -- 16.3Mn -- 469 -- 34.1 -- 1
Sweden -- (12) -- 7,5Mn -- n.a. -- n.a. -- n.a.
India -- (7) -- 1000Mn -- 6060 -- 1.2 -- 14
Belgium -- (5) -- 10.4Mn -- 358 -- 14.0 -- 7
Portug. -- (5) -- 10.5Mn -- n.a. -- n.a. -- n.a.
Finland -- (4) -- 5.2Mn -- n.a. -- n.a. -- n.a.
Denmark -- (4) -- 5.4Mn -- n.a. -- n.a. -- n.a.
So Afr. -- (4) -- 42.7Mn -- 618 -- 6.5 -- 12
Hungary -- (4) -- 10.0Mn -- 195 -- 20.5 -- 3
Spain -- (4) -- 40.3Mn -- 1684 -- 2.4 -- 13
Japan -- (4) -- 127.3Mn -- 3918 -- 1.0 -- 15
In ranking order: (*Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Portugal are, due to
lack of data re enrollment for smaller countries, ranked on the
assumption that the same percentage of the total population as in
Belgium is enrolled in tertiary education, which may be wholly
incorrect).
S*
NL
UK
SF*
DK*
HUN
D
CAN
AUS
B
P*
BR
F
USA
I
ZA
E
IND
JAP
Jan Velterop
On 15 May 2005, at 00:09, Arthur Sale wrote:
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
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Subject: Re: [AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM] Which Will Be the
First
Open Access Country?
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
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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)
