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DefinitionTotal intramural expenditure on R&D performed during a specific reference period, broken down by current costs (labour costs and other current costs) and capital expenditure (land and...
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DefinitionTotal intramural expenditure on R&D performed during a specific reference period per researcher.Data sourceR&D surveys.Source definitionAdapted from OECD (2015), Frascati Manual...
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DefinitionIn the context of R&D statistics, the Government sector consists of the following groups of resident institutional units:• All units of central (federal), regional (state) or local (...
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DefinitionIn the context of R&D statistics, the Higher education sector comprises:• All universities, colleges of technology and other institutions providing formal tertiary education programmes...
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DefinitionHumanities and the arts include: history and archaeology; languages and literature; philosophy, ethics and religion; art (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music); and other...
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DefinitionMedical and health sciences include: basic medicine; clinical medicine; health sciences; medical biotechnology; and other medical sciences.Data sourceR&D surveys.Source definitionOECD...
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DefinitionNatural sciences include: mathematics; computer and information sciences; physical sciences; chemical sciences; earth and related environmental sciences; biological sciences; and other...
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DefinitionNatural sciences and engineering include: - Natural sciences: mathematics; computer and information sciences; physical sciences; chemical sciences; earth and related environmental sciences...