Scientific performance across research disciplines: Trends and differences in the case of Slovenia

Highlights：

• Fractional productivity and independence from (co-)advisors of Slovenian researchers are decreasing in all disciplines since the country's independence, whereas collaboration (general, per publication and international), and the number of citations are increasing.

• Two disciplines in terms of UDC classification (UDC 5 and UDC 6) stand out; positively in terms of the number of publications, the average number of co-authors per publication, the average number of collaborators, international collaboration, and the number of citations, while negatively in terms of the fractional productivity and independence from (co-)advisors.

• The seven analyzed indicators are in most cases only weakly to moderately correlated, and there are substantial differences in correlation values within research disciplines.

摘要

•All of the analyzed indicators of scientific performance (productivity (absolute and fractional), collaboration (general, per publication and international), independence from (co-)advisors, and citations) exhibit notable differences between research disciplines, while the trends for individual indicators are similar for the vast majority of disciplines.•Fractional productivity and independence from (co-)advisors of Slovenian researchers are decreasing in all disciplines since the country's independence, whereas collaboration (general, per publication and international), and the number of citations are increasing.•Two disciplines in terms of UDC classification (UDC 5 and UDC 6) stand out; positively in terms of the number of publications, the average number of co-authors per publication, the average number of collaborators, international collaboration, and the number of citations, while negatively in terms of the fractional productivity and independence from (co-)advisors.•The seven analyzed indicators are in most cases only weakly to moderately correlated, and there are substantial differences in correlation values within research disciplines.