Indicator name: Biodiversity and nature protection in scientific research

Key message: For the period from 2011 to 2018, about 4.59% of funds for financing projects in the field of biodiversity were allocated in relation to total funds for all projects financed by the Ministry of Science, Education and Technology

Assessment: Data are provided for the period from 2011 to 2018 (current project cycle). Research on biodiversity and nature protection deals with about 4.92% of researchers engaged in about 2.33% of projects in relation to the total number of funded researchers, or projects within all research programmes. The majority of projects is implemented in the field of biology, followed by biotechnology and agriculture, arranging, protection and use of water, land and air and environmental protection and climate change. In the period from 2011 to 2018, about 2.86% of scientific results in the field of biodiversity were published in internationally recognised journals, compared to the total number of scientific results published by scientists from Serbia engaged in projects in the field of biodiversity (financed by Ministry of Science, Education and Technology) for the same period.  For the period 2011-2018, an average of 4.59% of funds for financing projects in the field of biodiversity were allocated for all projects financed by the Ministry of Science, Education and Technology.

Picture 1: Number of published scientific papers
Picture 2: Stake in published scientific papers
Picture 3: The stake in funding for projects in the field of biodiversity

Indicator name: Biodiversity and nature protection in scientific research

Institution/Author: Ministry of education, science and technological development/dr Marina Soković, dr Jasmina Grubin

Use and interpretation:
For the period from 2011 to 2018, about 4.59 % of funds for financing projects in the field of biodiversity were allocated in relation to total funds for all projects financed by the Ministry of science, education and technology

Units in which it is expressed:
Number of scientific projects, % of published scientific papers in the field of biodiversity

Description of source data:
Data base of the Ministry of education, science and technological development.
Data are provided for the period of 2011 to 2018 (current project cycle). The largest number of projects is implemented in the field of biology, followed by biotechnology and agriculture, arranging, protection and use of water, land and air and environmental protection and climate change. In the period of 2011 to 2018, about 2.86 % of scientific results in the field of biodiversity were published in internationally recognized journals, compared to the total number of scientific results published by scientists from Serbia engaged in projects in the field of biodiversity (financed by Ministry of science, education and technology) for the same period.

Periodicity of collecting: per year; per project period

Calculation procedure:
Research on biodiversity and nature protection deals with about 4.92 % of researchers engaged in about 2.33 % of projects in relation to the total number of funded researchers, or projects within all research programs.
For the period 2011-2018, an average of 4.59 % of funds for financing projects in the field of biodiversity were allocated, on average, for all projects financed by the Ministry of science, education and technology.

Most effective forms of presentation: Table, graphs

Updating the indicator: Per project period. Once per year for number of scientific papers

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Table: Number of published scientific papers

Year20112012201320142015201620172018*
Number of published scientific papers59307639704070817270725171546600
Number of published scientific papers in the field of biodiversity117190227212225219204200
%1,972,493,222,993,093,022,853,03

2018* The number for 2018 is not final

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