Table 3-19. Basic research expenditures in nonprofit 

 institutions,^ by source, 1960-74 



[Dollars in millions] 



Current dollars 



Constant 1967 dollars^ 



Year Total 



1960 $117 



1961 126 



1962 161 



1963 180 



1964 194 



1965 210 



1966 226 



1967 221 



1968 217 



1969 213 



1970 208 



1971 225 



1972 245 



1973 255 



1974(est.) . 274 



Federal 

 Government 



Industry 



Industry 



Own 

 funds' 



$ 58 



57 



80 



95 



108 



120 



132 



125 



118 



111 



100 



110 



125 



130 



144 



$10 

 11 

 12 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 22 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 30 

 30 



$11 

 12 

 13 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 20 

 22 

 21 

 20 

 23 

 21 



$56 

 65 

 77 

 78 

 77 

 78 

 78 

 77 

 76 

 73 

 72 

 75 

 76 

 72 

 69 



' Includes State-administered hospitals 



' GNP mplicil deflators used to convert current dollars to constant 1967 dollars 



^ Includes State and local government funds 



NOTE: Detail may not add to totals because of roundmg 



SOURCE National Science Foundation, National Paiierns ot R&D Resources. 1953-75 (NSF 75-307) 



Table 3-20. Relative growth in scientific research publications, 

 by selected fields of science, 1960-73 



Percent growth after 1960 



Field of science 



Astronomy 



Atmospheric sciences . . . 



Biology 



Chemistry 



Engineering 



Geology 



Mathematics 



Oceanography 



Physics 



Economics 



Political science 



Psychology 



Sociology 



SOURCE National Federation of Abstracting and Indexing Services, Indicators of the Output of Scientific Research. 1974 (A study commissioned 

 specifically tor this report and partially supported by the Office of Science Information Service of the National Science Foundation) 



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