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
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: American Scientist Open Access Forum
>>
> [mailto:AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-
>
>> ACCESS-FORUM_at_LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG] On Behalf Of Stevan Harnad
>> Sent: Sunday, 15 May 2005 08:09
>> To: AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM_at_LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG
>> 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
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ----
>>
>> 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)
>
Received on Mon May 16 2005 - 10:37:18 BST