Table 4. Spearman correlation coefficients between RCA of selected disciplines in a given year and economic growth during the following 5 years using different databases and for different moments in time.
| Scopus | 1996(85) | 2000(80) | 2005(82) |
| Agricultural & Biological Sciences | −0.363 | −0.303 | 0.056 |
| Arts & Humanities | −0.063 | −0.305 | −0.319 |
| Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology | 0.061 | −0.403 | −0.370 |
| Business, Management & Accounting | −0.115 | −0.102 | −0.144 |
| Chemical Engineering | 0.162 | 0.139 | 0.148 |
| Chemistry | 0.342 | 0.439 | 0.233 |
| Computer Science | 0.146 | −0.122 | −0.392 |
| Decision Sciences | 0.086 | −0.050 | −0.245 |
| Dentistry | −0.282 | −0.287 | −0.312 |
| Earth & Planetary Sciences | 0.051 | −0.024 | −0.032 |
| Economics, Econometrics & Finance | −0.245 | −0.345 | −0.359 |
| Energy | −0.065 | 0.176 | 0.137 |
| Engineering | 0.109 | 0.241 | −0.039 |
| Environmental Science | −0.320 | −0.272 | 0.005 |
| Health Professions | 0.025 | −0.260 | −0.433 |
| Immunology & Microbiology | −0.235 | −0.382 | −0.087 |
| Materials Science | 0.381 | 0.498 | 0.256 |
| Mathematics | 0.259 | 0.259 | −0.033 |
| Medicine | −0.261 | −0.579 | −0.255 |
| Multidisciplinary | −0.155 | −0.504 | 0.014 |
| Neuroscience | −0.035 | −0.468 | −0.557 |
| Nursing | −0.153 | −0.483 | −0.408 |
| Pharmacology | −0.092 | −0.404 | −0.127 |
| Physics | 0.450 | 0.399 | 0.085 |
| Psychology | −0.071 | −0.502 | −0.492 |
| Social Sciences | −0.308 | −0.301 | −0.140 |
| Veterinary Sci. | −0.277 | −0.328 | −0.136 |
Correlations in colors are significant at the level p<0.01.