Table I.
Number of universities, medical schools, ISI Indexed journals, GDP and spending on R&D of Asian countries during the period 1965-2015.
| Country | Number of Universities | Number of Medical Schools | Number of ISI Indexed journals | GDP | R&D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2699 | 0.2 |
| Israel | 22 | 5 | 12 | 27341 | 4.14 |
| China | 389 | 132 | 173 | 3938 | 1.42 |
| Japan | 567 | 85 | 235 | 40101 | 3.28 |
| India | 367 | 346 | 100 | 1215 | 0.8 |
| Taiwan | 86 | 12 | 34 | 32316 | 2.33 |
| South Korea | 146 | 42 | 103 | 20108 | 3 |
| Turkey | 92 | 78 | 53 | 9729 | 0.7 |
| Lebanon | 24 | 5 | 0 | 8146 | 0.3 |
| Singapore | 6 | 3 | 52 | 38935 | 2.12 |
| Thailand | 67 | 18 | 8 | 4211 | 0.26 |
| Bangladesh | 80 | 70 | 4 | 608 | 0.4 |
| Pakistan | 189 | 156 | 12 | 1002 | 0.41 |
| Iran | 197 | 60 | 44 | 4403 | 0.62 |
| Malaysia | 146 | 26 | 10 | 7987 | 0.82 |
| Russia | 316 | 83 | 147 | 12736 | 1.14 |
| Saudi Arabia | 64 | 30 | 10 | 16862 | 0.13 |
| Philippines | 117 | 44 | 4 | 1991 | 0.12 |
| Vietnam | 46 | 13 | 0 | 1136 | 0.18 |
| Indonesia | 181 | 74 | 0 | 2550 | 0.1 |
| Jordan | 30 | 5 | 1 | 3976 | 0.39 |
| Kuwait | 8 | 1 | 5 | 50567 | 0.13 |
| Nepal | 8 | 21 | 1 | 478 | 0.21 |
| UAE | 36 | 6 | 38 | 44544 | 0.49 |
| Qatar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 75176 | 0.47 |
| Sri Lanka | 25 | 9 | 1 | 2184 | 0.15 |
| Cambodia | 20 | 3 | 0 | 764 | 0.1 |
| Bahrain | 12 | 4 | 1 | 18868 | 0.04 |
| Cyprus | 16 | 5 | 0 | 29733 | 0.37 |
| Laos | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1661 | 0.04 |
| Iraq | 48 | 23 | 0 | 2582 | 0.04 |
| Mongolia | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2144 | 0.25 |
| Oman | 11 | 2 | 0 | 20524 | 0.17 |
| Yemen | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1181 | 0.11 |
| Myanmar (B) | 34 | 13 | 0 | 1204 | 0.12 |
| Palestine | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1194 | 0.1 |
| Kazakhstan | 28 | 8 | 0 | 8553 | 0.21 |
| Syria | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2590 | 0.2 |
| Armenia | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3184 | 0.24 |
| Total | 3444 | 1365 | 1051 | 509120.98 | 26.3 |
| Mean | 88.30 | 35 | 26.94 | 13054.38 | 0.67 |
| SEM | 20.28 | 9.79 | 8.68 | 2772.44 | 0.12 |
The data were recorded from ISI-web of Science, 2017.9
Note: GDP and R&D spending is presented in a mean.