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 was also published in Chinese in Science Focus Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 1-9 (Feb. 2010) 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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