Figure 3-18 



Expenditures for Basic Research in Industry, by Selected Fields, 1967-73 



Current dollars Constant 1967 dollars ' 



(Dollars In Millions) 

 220 



(Dollars in Millions) 



200 - 



40 



20 



Clinical 

 medical sciences 



Mathematics 



,•*••••••• 



Environmental sciences 

 [ L_ 



1967 



•69 



» GNP implicit price deflators used to convert 

 current dollars to constant 1967 dollars. 

 SOURCE- National Science Foundation. 



40 



20 



Clinical 

 medical sciences 



Mathematics 



Environmental sciences 



I L 



73 1967 



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Research output by sectors. The research 

 publications produced by each sector — 

 university, government, industry, and other 

 nonprofit organizations — are shown in figure 3- 

 21 for five selected fields. (Data for each of the 13 

 fields are presented in Appendix table 3-21). 



Universities were by far the largest producers 

 of published research reports, followed by 

 government, industry, and nonprofit 

 organizations. The predominant role of 



academic institutions increased throughout the 

 1960-73 period covered by the study. By 1973, 

 universities were responsible for an average of 

 almost 75 percent of the publicatioi.s in the 13 

 scientific fields, compared with some 60 percent 

 of the total in 1960. The share of publications 

 accounted for by the academic sector rose in all 

 fields during the period, with the largest 

 increases occurring in sociology, physics, 

 chemistry, geology, and mathematics (including 

 computer sciences). 



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