Generating knowledge: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ a reflection of CNRS’s vitality and interdisciplinarity By launching exploratory projects and taking on today’s critical challenges, CNRS fostered dialogue between disciplines in 2011. As shown by the organization’s scientific output, interdisciplinary work at CNRS benefits from world-class expertise in a range of fields. Research library at Institut Ausonius. C ledge, notably scientific articles describing research results. more than 27,000 over the same period. ‘Ultimately what mattersScience Citation Index (which covers 60% of WoS) credits them with-NRS-affiliated laboratories generate various forms of know The number of an organization’s publications generally reflects its for an organization is not so much the amount of its publications, scientific vitality and statistics show that CNRS is a leader in this but their relative share and trend. The main purpose of surveys is to field. ‘The SCImago ranking established by Spanish and Portuguese establish a position.’ researchers listed over 130,000 publications by CNRS laboratories between 2005 and 2009, an average of 26,000 per year,’ says Joël Bertrand, CNRS Chief Research Officer. ‘But remember that A major contributor to French scientific production no survey is exhaustive,’ says Anne-Laure Derepas, head of sup- port for scientific policy and prospects. ‘Results vary depending on Studies for 2011 show that 71% of French scientific production across the source.’ The Web of Science (WoS) estimates that CNRS-affilia- all material and life science disciplines (excluding medical research) ted laboratories generated 40,000 publications in 2010, while the has involved at least one CNRS-affiliated unit. The CNRS contribution varies according to the field of research. It exceeds 82% of publications in physics, Earth sciences and astronomy, and amounts A monitoring tool for social sciences to 79% in chemistry and mathematics. CNRS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- made up 67% of national publications in en- gineering sciences, and 51% in fundamental In the absence of effective measurement and characterization tools, the humanities and social and applied biology. This production is distri- sciences (SHS) suffer from lack of visibility compared to the so-called ‘hard sciences’. For that buted geographically according to the orga- reason, the CNRS Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences has set up a database listing and nization’s territorial strategy. Indeed, not only describing the activities of SHS researchers. The RIBAC database provides information on the work is CNRS a multidisciplinary organization but it of SHS scientists and feeds the annual activity report of CNRS researchers. RIBAC has been running since 2011 and is intended to become a knowledge base for research practices and the work of also has a nationwide presence. SHS researchers at CNRS. 8 A year at CNRS 2011
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