The European perspective on S&T indicators |
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Authors: | R Barré |
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Affiliation: | (1) Observatoire des Sciences et des Techniques (OST), 93, rue de Vaugirard, 75006 Paris, (France) |
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Abstract: | The S&T indicators activity is first described as a complex process involving a variety of functions, capabilities and institutions;
this provides a framework to assess the S&T indicators activity in a country or, more generally, in a research system. Then,
the main features of the S&T indicators scene in Europe are presented: regarding the countries, the diversity of the institutional
settings and the growing potentials is stressed; among countries, at European level, the important and original role of the
European Commission in the dynamics of the S&T indicators activites in Europe is presented; finally, it is argued that the
European scene consists of a diversity of research groups which are in competition and collaboration, sharing a number of
intellectual concerns and orientations. The perspectives for S&T indicators activity in the EU countries are defined by the
greater quantity of source data, by the conceptual advances regarding the S&T system and by the new needs of the decision-makers.
In conclusion, some alternative scenarios are suggested. |
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