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Systematic investment in research and development has moved South Korea from an innovation follower to an innovation leader.
This report from Elsevier in collaboration with the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) presents some key indicators around the South Korean research and innovation ecosystem, with comparator countries being the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, and China. The main study period of the report is 2015–2019.
Our focus in the report is on academic research, its volume and scholarly impact, as well as on focus topic areas and collaboration networks, both national and international. With three quarters of R&D performed by the corporate sector, the report looks in closer depth at academic–corporate co-publication patterns in terms of scholarly impacts as well as providing novel insights from analyzing patenting activities both in terms of volume and quantity.
Publication Date
2021
Disciplines
Scholarly Communication | Science and Technology Studies | Technology and Innovation
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Candemir, Basak PhD; Cheng, Weiwei; Hellwig, Jörg PhD; Hill-Parks, Erin; Jang, Dana; Karlsson, Anders PhD; Kim, Donghyun; Kim, Sohyeong; Rohatgi, Sumeet; and Zhao, Lu, "South Korea: A Technological Powerhouse Strengthening its Research and Innovation Footprint" (2021). Public Reports. 7.
https://analyticalservices.researchcommons.org/reports/7
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