Source · Select Committees · Scottish Affairs Committee
Recommendation 140
140
Not Addressed
Scottish academic research also has great success internationally.
Conclusion
Scottish academic research also has great success internationally. The RSE Young Academy of Scotland told us that Scotland’s researchers publish extensively outside Scotland (89% Scotland vs UK 72%) through “high impact collaborations”.330 Professor Chris Pearce, University of Glasgow, also noted that: [ … ] with less than 0.1% of the global population, Scotland has 2% of the world’s most highly cited research outputs and 1% of the world’s most highly cited authors. Relative to the size of our population, this is better than the rest of the UK and better than high-performing countries such as Germany and the Netherlands. This pattern is also seen in the number of papers that we publish with international co-authors, demonstrating that Scotland has an internationally connected and collaborative research community.331
Government response summary AI-generated
The government's response described the appointment process for the UKRI Board, how devolved nation experience is considered, and the integration of Research England, but did not directly address the committee's observation regarding the international success and collaborative nature of Scottish academic research.
Government Response
The government responded to this report on 27 April 2022. No passage in that response could be matched to this conclusion. Read the response document ↗