Profile of Australian science : a study of the current state and potential of basic scientific research : a report to the Prime Minister / by the Australian Science and Technology Council (ASTEC)

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Canberra : Australian Govt. Pub. Service, c1989
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Profile of Australian Science 1
PROFILE OF AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE A study of the current state and potential of basic scientific research A Report to the Prime Minister by the Australian Science and Technology Council (ASTEC) August 1989 3
CONTENTS 7
PART 1 INTRODUCTION 9
SUMMARY 13
CHAPTER 1 THE CHANGING NATURE OF BASIC RESEARCH 21
PART II: THE LIMITS ON OUR CAPACITY TO CONDUCT BASIC RESEARCH CHAPTER 2 THE DISTRIBUTION OF SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE 35
CHAPTER 3 THE CAPACITY OF THE SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION SYSTEM 67
CHAPTER 4 THE CONDITION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR RESEARCH 83
CHAPTER 5 RESOURCE ALLOCATION TO BASIC RESEARCH 93
CHAPTER 6 THE CHANGING PATTERN OF RESEARCH PRIORITIES 111
PART 2: OUTCOMES CHAPTER 7 THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF AUSTRALIAN BASIC RESEARCH 145
CHAPTER 8. INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF AUSTRALIAN BASIC RESEARCH 207
CHAPTER 9: BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF AUSTRALIAN BASIC RESEARCH 243
CHAPTER 10: BIBLIOMETRIC INDICATORS OF RESEARCH PRIORITIES 305
APPENDIX APPENDIX 1 THE METHODS USED IN THE STUDY 325
APPENDIX 2 THE DISTRIBUTION OF SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE 385
APPENDIX 3 THE CAPACITY OF THE SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION SYSTEM 399
APPENDIX 4 THE CONDITION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR RESEARCH 407
APPENDIX 5 RESOURCE ALLOCATION TO BASIC RESEARCH 411
APPENDIX 6 THE CHANGING PATTERN OF RESEARCH PRIORITIES 425
APPENDIX 7 INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH 427
APPENDIX 9 BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF AUSTRALIAN BASIC RESEARCH 443
APPENDIX 10 BEBLIOMETRIC INDICATORS OF RESEARCH PRIORITIES 473

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