Table 3-21. Publication output for selected fields of science, 

 percent of yearly totals by sectors, 1960-73 



Field and sector 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 



Astronomy 



Academic 71 



Industry 5 



Government 20 



Nonprofit 2 



Other 2 



Atmospheric sciences 



Academic 56 53 53 50 53 52 60 57 56 58 



Industry 6 9 13 20 12 12 9 7 11 10 



Government 31 36 32 26 32 33 29 33 31 29 



Nonprofit 8 3 2 4 1 1 1 2 3 3 



Other — — 2 1 2 1 2 — 1 



Biology 



Academic 70 78 73 73 79 75 80 78 79 81 



Industry 5 3 3 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 



Government 16 14 14 13 10 14 12 12 11 10 



Nonprofit 7487675667 



Other 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 



Chemistry 



Academic 59 61 62 60 



Industry 25 30 29 26 



Government 11 8 6 10 



Nonprofit 3 1 2 4 



Other 2 (') 1 1 



Economics 



Academic 72 75 70 83 87 82 92 81 88 78 



Industry 7 9 14 6 6 — 1 7 3 5 



Government 12 10 11 8 4 16 4 8 3 9 



Nonprofit 3________ i 



Other 7 7 5 3 3 3 3 5 7 7 



Engineering 



Academic 25 25 27 29 33 33 35 37 37 39 



Industry 58 60 55 50 49 49 48 48 49 44 



Government 12 14 16 17 15 16 14 13 13 14 



Nonprofit 2 (') 2 2 1 2 2 2 12 



Other 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 



Geology 



Academic 51 48 57 58 70 58 60 66 68 67 



Industry 14 23 13 20 14 22 15 10 14 10 



Government 18 18 20 15 10 14 16 17 11 18 



Nonprofit 3452339763 



Other 15 8 6 5 2 4 1 1 2 2_ 



Mathematics 



Academic 77 71 79 77 88 90 



Industry 17 18 13 18 6 6 



Government 4 5 1 2 4 1 



Nonprofit — — 1 — — — 



Other 2 7 7 3 1 3 



Oceanography 



Academic 63 67 71 55 57 54 67 67 61 64 



Industry 2 4 2 5 10 9 10 12 7 7 



Government 33 22 21 26 25 30 19 13 24 21 



Nonprofit 277 12 844957 



Other — 1 — 2 — 1 1 — 2 1 



79 



10 

 4 

 6 



80 

 3 

 9 

 3 

 5 



74 

 6 



19 

 2 



76 

 4 



18 

 3 



79 



5 



17 



84 



3 



12 



84 



4 



11 



82 

 5 



12 

 1 



79 

 4 



16 

 1 



70 



21 



8 



1 



1 



68 

 24 



7 

 1 

 1 



68 

 23 



8 

 1 

 1 



69 



22 



6 



2 



1 



77 



17 



4 



1 



1 



75 



18 



5 



(') 

 1 



91 

 5 

 3 



(') 



93 

 5 

 2 



(') 



93 

 5 

 2 



(') 

 (') 



93 

 5 

 2 



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