Table 4.
Numbers of researchers in Malaysia in different major fields of science, and their fractional contributions; 1982–1984, 1992–1994 and 2002–2004 combined
| Papers, FRAC CT | Relative commitment | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Field | CHI | EUR | IND | MAL | OTH | ALL | CHI | EUR | IND | MAL | OTH |
| Clinical medicine | 218 | 82 | 115 | 197 | 60.1 | 672 | 1.03 | 0.98 | 1.51 | 0.79 | 1.19 |
| Biology | 180 | 102 | 50.3 | 190 | 55.6 | 578 | 0.98 | 1.42 | 0.77 | 0.89 | 1.28 |
| Chemistry | 216 | 61.4 | 40.8 | 224 | 29.1 | 571 | 1.19 | 0.87 | 0.63 | 1.06 | 0.68 |
| Engineer and Tech | 120 | 46.4 | 59.5 | 270 | 42.7 | 539 | 0.70 | 0.69 | 0.98 | 1.35 | 1.06 |
| Biomed research | 115 | 25.7 | 36.6 | 102 | 20 | 299 | 1.22 | 0.69 | 1.08 | 0.92 | 0.89 |
| Physics | 69.5 | 15.1 | 20.5 | 90.5 | 9.3 | 205 | 1.07 | 0.59 | 0.89 | 1.19 | 0.60 |
| Earth and space | 33.6 | 25.2 | 11.5 | 63 | 8.7 | 142 | 0.75 | 1.43 | 0.72 | 1.19 | 0.82 |
| Others | 113 | 59.6 | 46.3 | 113 | 26.9 | 358 | 0.99 | 1.34 | 1.14 | 0.85 | 1.00 |
| Total | 1065 | 417 | 380 | 1249 | 252 | 3364 | |||||
Relative commitment cells with values >1.41 shown in bold; those with values <0.71 in italics