World Science

World Science

I used to think about the advancements we made in Science and the Technology development. We could list a lot right from electricity to nanotechnology. However we observe that any R&D work is short lived in a particular area. Whenever there is a breakthrough in Science, people follow the work and later after decades Technology develops. Take the case of superconductivity where we use it today in accelerators and many other fields. However even the Scientists are moving towards product realization, which is the job of a Technologist. This may hinder the development of Science, the effect of this could be felt after a few decades.

Indian Science Scenario - statistics

Here is the statistics about the present Indian science

Rank of India according to no of ciations in

1. All Fields - Rank No.21
2. Agricultural Sciences - Rank No.17
3. Biology and Biochemistry - Rank No.22
4. Chemistry - Rank No.12
5. Clinical Medicine - Rank No.27
6. Computer Science - Rank No.20
7. Economics & Business - Rank No.28
8. Engineering - Rank No.17
9. Environment/Ecology - Rank No.22
10.Geosciences - Rank No.19
11.Immunology - Rank No.23
12. Materials Science - Rank No.7
13. Mathematics - Rank No.23
14. Microbiology - Rank No.25
15. Molecular Bio. & Genetics - Rank No.28
16. Multidisciplinary - Rank No.12
17. Neuroscience and behav. - Rank No.32
18. Pharmacology&Toxicology - Rank No.18
19. Physics - Rank No.17
20. Social Science - Rank No.28
21. Space Science - Rank No.23

To have an idea here is the list of countries ranked in all fields

1. USA
2. England
3. Germany
4. Japan
5. France
6. Canada
7. Italy
8. Netherlands
9. Australia
10. Switzerland
11. Sweden
12. Spain
13. P.R.China
14. Scotland
15. Belgium
16. Israel
17. Denmark
18. Russia
19. Finland
20. Austria
21. India
22. South Korea
23. Brazil
24. Poland
25. Taiwan
26. Norway
27. New Zealand
28. Greece
29. Wales
30. Hungary
66. Pakistan
74. Bangladesh
141. Myanmar

Source: Thomson ISI