Table 1-7. Percent distribution of scientific literature' 

 by selected field,' for eacfi country, 1973 



Fields 



United United West 



States Kingdom Germany France U.S.S.R. Japan 



Other World 

 countries total 



Percent In each field 



All fields 100.0 100.0 100.0 



Clinical medicine 29.9 31.1 31.9 



Biology and biomedical 



research 24.9 23.8 20.1 



Chemistry 9.8 13.9 16.9 



Physics 10.8 11.1 11.9 



Earth and space 



sciences 5.1 3.8 2.3 



Engineering 10.8 12.0 13.2 



Psychology 5.1 1 .8 0.4 



Mathematics 3.8 2.5 3.5 



Total count of 



literature 109,320 25,462 16,461 



Percent 



distribution 39.2 9.1 5.9 



100.0 



28.7 



100.0 



9.9 



100.0 



18.5 



100.0 



28.5 



100.0 



27.3 



Total number of publications 



15,184 24,435 14,309 

 5.4 8.8 5.1 



73,723 278,894 

 26.4 100.0 



' Includes 278,894 articles, letters and notes from a sample of 2,121 scientific journals Because of the way in which this sample of journals was chosen, 

 these profiles may understate certain fields; eg., Russian mathematics articles may be understated here. 

 ^ See Appendix table 1-7a for the description of fields and subfields The social sciences are excluded because comparable data are not available 



NOTE Percents may not add to 100 because of rounding 



SOURCE Computer Horizons. Inc . Indicators of the Quantity and Quality of the Scientific Literature. 1975 (A study commissioned specifically for this 

 report). 



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