Robert Duane Shelton 

 
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What's New:

National Efficiencies in Publishing Scientific Papers.  10th International Conference on S&T Indicators, Vienna, Sept. 2008.  With P. Foland.

Relations Between National Research Investment Input and Publication Output: Application to an American Paradox, 9th International Conference on S&T Indicators, Leuven, Sept., 2006 and Scientometrics  Vol. 74 No. 2, 191-205, Feb., 2008.

The US-EU Race for Leadership of Science and Technology: Quantitative and Qualitative Indicators  Paper , Slides. Scientometrics , Vol. 60. No. 3, pp. 353-363. (2004).   Also 9th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics , Beijing, Aug., 2003. With G. Holdridge.

I'm now posting several items a week on international S&T at ScienceUSblog   Samples:

Gullible's Travels: Adventures in Slobbovia II 

Animal Race: A Fable

S&T Strategic Plans: The Obama Plan 

What's Newer:

The Decline and Fall of American Science Leadership Presented at the National Academy of Sciences, Nov. 18, 2009

The Race for World Leadership of Science and Technology: Status and Forecasts.  Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, pp. 369-380, Rio de Janeiro, July, 2009.  This paper is also to be published in Chinese in Science Focus by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. With P. Foland.  

Do New SCI Journals have a Different National Bias?  Presented at the 11th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics, Madrid, June, 2007, and  Scientometrics Vol. 79 Nos. 1-2, April - May, 2009.  With P. Foland and R. Gorelskyy.

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