Godin B. "The emergence of S&T indicators: why did governments supplement statistics with indicators? " Research Policy 32 (4):679-691, April 2003

Eugene Garfield garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU
Tue May 6 14:54:16 EDT 2003


Benoit Godin : benoit.godin at inrs-urb.uquebec.ca

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Title   The emergence of S&T indicators: why did governments supplement
        statistics with indicators?
Author  Godin B
Journal RESEARCH POLICY  32 (4): 679-691 APR 2003

 Document type: Article    Language: English
 Cited References: 64      Times Cited: 0


Abstract:
Science and technology (S&T) indicators are widely used in policy documents
as well as in science and technology studies. This paper traces their
origins and shows that it was the Organization for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD) that first imagined and developed science and technology
indicators. In the 1960s, the debate on technological gaps between the
United States and Europe gave the OECD the opportunity to develop the first
world-wide indicators on science and technology. The National Science
Foundation (NSF) followed in the 1970s and improved the methodology of
indicators on science and technology with its publication entitled Science
Indicators. Science and technology indicators remain contested however,
because centered on inputs rather than outputs, and because preoccupied
mainly with the economic dimension of science and technology. (C) 2002
Published by Elsevier Science B.V.

Author Keywords:
S&T indicators, OECD, NSF

Addresses:
Godin B, Observ Sci & Technol, INRS, 3465 Rue Durocher, Montreal, PQ H2X
2C6, Canada
Observ Sci & Technol, INRS, Montreal, PQ H2X 2C6, Canada

Publisher:
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM

IDS Number:
664HB

ISSN:
0048-7333












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