title: The Scientific Impact of Developing Nations.
abstract: This paper analyzes science productivity for nine developing countries. Results show that these nations are reducing their science gap, with R&D investments and scientific impact growing at more than double the rate of the developed world. But this "catching up" hides a very uneven picture among these nations, especially on what they are able to generate in terms of impact and output relative to their levels of investment and available resources. Moreover, unlike what one might expect, it is clear that the size of the nations and the relative scale of their R&D investments are not the key drivers of efficiency.
authors.affiliation: Business School, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: Claudia N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Brambila
authors.affiliation: Business School, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Reyes-Gonzalez
authors.affiliation: Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, Portugal.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Veloso
authors.affiliation: Physics Department, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Mexico City, México.
authors.forename: Miguel Angel
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Perez-Angón
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D011642:Publications / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012106:Research / Q000191:economics; D012586:Science / Q000191:economics