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Structure and development of the scientific and technological potential in the Republic of Cuba

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Scientific statistics provides the foundations necessary for every sciences policy. Against this background, special problems are posed for the developing countries. Below you find a presentation and discussion of experiences gained and results obtained in the course of the build up of statistics on science and technology in the Republic of Cuba, with assessments and conclusions drawn from an analysis into the data so far available. Therefore this paper is dealing with the scientific and technological potential of Cuba as a whole (S/T) without providing any distinction between sciences and technology.

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  1. Institute for Theory, History and Organization of Science at the Academy of Sciences of the GDR, Prenzlauer Promenade 149-152, 1100, Berlin, (GDR)

    W. Meske

  2. Centre for Studies of History and Organization of Science at the Academy of Sciences Cuba, Apartado Postal 70, La Habana 1, (Cuba)

    M. C. Fernández De Alaiza

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Meske, W., Fernández De Alaiza, M.C. Structure and development of the scientific and technological potential in the Republic of Cuba. Scientometrics 18, 137–155 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02019166

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