Journal of Applied Sciences1812-56541812-5662Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/jas.2008.2958.2966GolnabiH. 122008817This study presents an up to date progress of the national
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in particular laser publications in term of their Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) is presented. Four countries including the USA, Japan, Germany and
China have a laser publication contribution of 58.9% while the rest of
the world including (189) countries contribute 41.1%. However, for the
case of accepted patents, which are the more important factor, these four
countries hold a share of 90.1% while the remaining nations have a small
share of 9.9%. The USA leads all the nations in the number of scientific
publications, citations and laser publications, however, in terms of accepted
laser patents Japan shows a big lead and has the highest patent/paper
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