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Key to Acronyms and Abbreviations
S&E: science and engineering T O D: Taxonomy of Disciplines
December 11, 2023
Key to Acronyms and Abbreviations
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development R&D: research and development S&E: science and engineering WTO: World Trade Organization
January 23, 2020
Key to Acronyms and Abbreviations
AI: artificial intelligence COVID: coronavirus disease GSS : General Social Survey R&D: research and development S&E: science and engineering S&T: science and technology SARS-CoV-2: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 STEM: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
May 04, 2022
Key to Acronyms and Abbreviations
CORD-19: COVID-19 Open Research Dataset D O AJ: Directory of Open Access Journals HCA: highly cited articles NCSES : National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics PBS: Publication Output: U.S. Trends and International Comparisons S&E: science and engineering
October 28, 2021
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BRIC: Brazil, Russia, India, and China EU: European Union G7: Group of Seven H C A: highly cited articles NSF: National Science Foundation R&D: research and development S&E: science and engineering UK: United Kingdom
December 17, 2019
Key to Acronyms and Abbreviations
D O AJ: Directory of Open Access Journals HCA: highly cited article NCSES : National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics PBS: Publications Output: U.S. Trends and International Comparisons S&E: science and engineering TOD: Taxonomy of Disciplines
December 11, 2023
Report Authors
Brian G. Southwell Senior Director, Science in the Public Sphere RTI International E-mail: bsouthwell@rti.org Karen White Senior Analyst Science and Engineering Indicators Program, NCSES Tel: (703) 292-4344 E-mail: kewhite@nsf.gov
May 04, 2022
Key to Acronyms and Abbreviations
GSS: General Social Survey NSB: National Science Board NSF: National Science Foundation S&E: science and engineering S&T: science and technology
May 15, 2020
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D O AJ: Directory of Open Access Journals HCA: highly cited article NCSES : National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics S&E: science and engineering TOD: Taxonomy of Disciplines
July 23, 2025
Report Authors
Francisco Moris Senior Analyst National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics E-mail: fmorisor@nsf.gov Derek Hill Science Resources Analyst National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics E-mail: dhill@nsf.gov
April 22, 2024
International collaboration network analysis for AI research papers, by selected region, country, or economy: 2003–22
S&E fields from Scopus that were classified
December 11, 2023
Immediate college enrollment rates among high school graduates, by institution type: 1980–2016
McFarland J, Hussar B, Wang X, Zhang J, Wang K, Rathbun A, Barmer A, Forrest Cataldi E, and Bullock Mann F, The Condition of Education 2018, NCES 2018-144 (2018), Tables 302.10, 302.20, 302.30. See Table S1-6. Science and Engineering Indicators
September 04, 2019
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