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  • Analysis spans 22 diverse research fields.
  • Focuses on countries with significant publication output.

Background:

  • Traditional citation indices may not fully capture a nation's scientific impact.
  • Understanding disciplinary profiles is key to assessing research influence.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a more accurate and realistic method for ranking national scientific impact.
  • To compare a novel ranking approach with existing citation metrics.

Main Methods:

  • Analyzed mean citation rates for 107 countries (2009-2019).
  • Utilized non-metric multidimensional scaling (MDS) to map disciplinary profile differences.
  • Correlated the resulting dimensions with the Indicator of a Nation's Scientific Impact (INSI).

Main Results:

  • A two-dimensional space accurately described country disciplinary profile differences (stress=0.098).
  • The first dimension (Dim1) significantly correlated with the INSI (r=0.81).
  • The novel ranking method showed higher accuracy than traditional indices.

Conclusions:

  • Pairwise comparison of disciplinary profiles offers a superior method for assessing national scientific impact.
  • The INSI, derived from citation rates, aligns well with this new ranking approach.
  • This study provides a more nuanced understanding of global scientific influence.