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Compared to our large peer states (California,
Texas and New York) in aggregate, Florida’s
research universities have lower scientific
production. The three states average over two
and one half times the number of publications
produced by the six research universities from
Florida that are included in the Leiden data (See
Exhibit E). More concerning, these three states
publications are citied almost four times more
than Florida’s. Amplifying the impact of sheer
publication numbers is the greater citation rate
of peer states with their publications being cited
over one and one half times those of Florida
publications.
FIGURE 7: Florida Science Output Underperforms Large Peer States Significantly
Florida Science Output Underperforms Large Peer States Significantly
With Total Citations and Publications
120,000 1,200,000
100,000 1,000,000
80,000 800,000
60,000 600,000
40,000 400,000
20,000 200,000
0
CA TX NY FL CA/TX/NY Avg
Total Pubs 104,009 53,838 56,838 28,377 71,562
Total Cites 1,073,364 430,613 488,992 169,595 664,323
With Total Citations and Publications
0
Four Largest States and Average of CA, TX and NY
Total Pubs
Comparing the raw numbers to California, Texas
and New York, again Florida’s underperformance is
clear. The three peers average 72,000 publications
compared to Florida’s 28,000. Florida publications
generate 170,000 citations, while peer state
publications are cited 664,000 times on average.
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Total Cites
Florida significantly underperforms large peer
states on the scientific output of both publications
and citations. We produce fewer recipes and of
those we produce, less of them are referenced by
and/or improved on by other scientists.