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The paper suggests a formula for the measurement of the national science and technology potential. This is based on a decision-making framework for the development of indicators for theS & T system.
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It should be mentioned that these particular mathematical formulas were found by trial and error: the empirical results produced by these formulas seem to be the most adequate for the description of the real world; other formulas we have tried — such as that with qualified manpower (total stock of scientists and engineers) instead of population — do not give results which correspond to common sense judgement. It should also be mentioned that these formulas are a somewhat modified form of what V. MATEJIC (cf. note 6) proposed in his paper delivered at a workshop in Berlin in 1983.
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NSF,Science and Technology Data Book, Washington, D.C., 1989.
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Pfetsch, F.R. The measurement of a country's scientific and technological potential. Scientometrics 19, 495–504 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02020710
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02020710