The document summarizes key findings from the OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2015. It finds that a small number of countries, institutions, and businesses concentrate frontier technologies and high-impact science. Government support is important for long-term research to address global challenges. International collaboration and scientist mobility help spread innovation more widely. The Scoreboard monitors innovation performance across countries according to pillars like knowledge, skills, competitiveness, and societal impacts.

1. STI SCOREBOARD 2015
INNOVATION FOR GROWTH
AND SOCIETY
Andrew Wyckoff, Director
OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation
19 October 2015
World Science and Technology Forum
Daejeon, Korea

2. Frontier technologies are
needed to provide solutions
to global challenges

3. 3 TOP PLAYERS IN SELECTED FRONTIER
TECHNOLOGIES
Source: OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2015.
Economies’ share of IP5 patent families filed at USPTO and EPO,
selected technologies, 2010-12
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
%
Advanced materials New generation of ICT-related technologies Health-related technologies 2005-07
4336 41 40

4. The research mix: R.
versus D. matters and so
does government
support for long-term,
higher-risk research to
help tackle global
challenges

5. R&D GROWTH OVER THE BUSINESS
CYCLE
Annual real percentage growth rate of R&D, 2008-14
Source: OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2015.
-8
-4
0
4
8
12
%
Government R&D budgets GDP
Government-financed R&D expenditures Business-financed R&D expenditures
-8
-4
0
4
8
12
%
Government R&D budgets GDP
Government-financed R&D expenditures Business-financed R&D expenditures
-8
-4
0
4
8
12
%
Government R&D budgets GDP
Government-financed R&D expenditures Business-financed R&D expenditures

6. The research mix matters: R (basic and
applied research) v. D (development)
OECD area total GERD, Index 2007 = 100
Source: OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2015.

7. GOVERNMENT BUDGETS FOR R&D: A
DIVERSIFIED PICTURE
Source: OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2015.
G7 and Korea, Index 2008 = 100

8. THE RESEARCH MIX IN OECD AND
EMERGING ECONOMIES: R VERSUS D
Source: OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2015.

9. Research excellence and
frontier innovation are
fairly concentrated across
countries, institutions and
businesses

10. R&D IN
OECD AND
KEY
PARTNER
COUNTRIES,
2013
USA
CHN
JPN
DEU
KOR
FRA
IND
GBR
RUS
BRA
ITA
CAN
AUS
ESP
SWE
NLD
TUR
CHE
AUT
ISR
BEL
MEX
POL
DNK
FIN
CZE
NOR
ZAF
PRT
IRL
HUN
GRC NZL
IDN
SVN
CHL
SVK LUX
ISL
EST
0.0
2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
10.0
12.0
14.0
16.0
18.0
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5
Gross domestic expenditures on
R&D as a percentage of GDP
Researchers, per thousand employment
R&D expenditures in 2010
USD - constant prices and PPP
1 billion
10 billion
100 billion
BRIICS
North America
EU
Other OECD members
Source: OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2015.

11. 4 PLAYERS IN 50-70% OF HIGH-IMPACT
SCIENCE ACROSS ALL DISCIPLINES
Top 4 countries with the largest number of 10% top-cited publications, by field,
as % of all top-cited publications by authors in OECD and BRIICS countries,
2003-12
0
20
40
60
80
100
%
USA GBR CHN DEU BRA CAN ESP AUS FRA IND JPN OTH
Source: OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2015.

12. Cumulative percentage shares within the top 2000 R&D companies
TOP 250 R&D COMPANIES ACCOUNT FOR
OVER 60% OF GLOBAL BUSINESS R&D, 2012
Source: OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2015.

13. How can other countries
and actors benefit from
frontier innovation ? The
role of collaboration and
scientists mobility

14. THE PREMIUM FROM SCIENTIFIC
COLLABORATION
The citation impact of scientific production and the extent of international
collaboration, 2003-12
Source: OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2015.

15. INTERNATIONAL NET FLOWS OF SCIENTIFIC
AUTHORS, SELECTED ECONOMIES
Difference between annual inflows and outflows, as percentage
of cumulative net flows , 1999-2013
Source: OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2015.

16. 5 PILLARS FOR MONITORING
AND ASSESSMENT
KNOWLEDGE, TALENT & SKILLS
KNOWLEDGE DIFFUSION
COMPETITIVENESS
INNOVATION IN FIRMS
SOCIETY

17. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, INDUSTRY
SCOREBOARD 2015
INNOVATION FOR GROWTH AND SOCIETY
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