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Key to Acronyms and Abbreviations
S&E: science and engineering SEVIS: Student and Exchange Visitor Information System
March 13, 2024
Key to Acronyms and Abbreviations
S&E: science and engineering S&T: science and technology SESTAT: Scientists and Engineers
January 15, 2020
Share of S&E publications in the top 1% most-cited articles in social sciences, for the 15 largest publication-producing regions, countries, or economies: 1996–2016
December 17, 2019
Share of S&E publications in the top 1% most-cited articles in mathematics and statistics, for the 15 largest publication-producing regions, countries, or economies: 1996–2016
December 17, 2019
Share of S&E publications in the top 1% most-cited articles in materials science, for the 15 largest publication-producing regions, countries, or economies: 1996–2016
December 17, 2019
Share of S&E publications in the top 1% most-cited articles in health sciences, for the 15 largest publication-producing regions, countries, or economies: 1996–2016
December 17, 2019
Share of S&E publications in the top 1% most-cited articles in astronomy and astrophysics, for the 15 largest publication-producing regions, countries, or economies: 1996–2016
December 17, 2019
Share of S&E publications in the top 1% most-cited articles in agricultural sciences, for the 15 largest publication-producing regions, countries, or economies: 1996–2016
December 17, 2019
Primary source of financial support for U.S. citizen and permanent resident S&E doctorate recipients, by sex, race, or ethnicity: 2017–21
October 05, 2023
International Research Collaboration
S&E scholarly articles in 2018 were highly collaborative (Figure 23): the UK... S&E articles.
January 15, 2020
Cover Image Credit
The cover for Science and Engineering 2022: The State of U.S. Science and Engineering shows molecules leaving the solvation shell and integrating into the crystal surface. Using computer-based simulations to analyze how atoms and molecules move in a solution, researchers at the University
January 18, 2022
Global Science and Technology Capabilities
The 28 nations that make up the EU collectively have the highest output of S&E publications globally. China’s S&E publication output ranks next, followed by the United States. The citation impact of China’s publications is rising rapidly, although it is currently lower than
January 15, 2020
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