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California and Massachusetts
science underpins the success
of their economies.
SCIENTISTS DRIVE
PUBLICATIONS
The number of publications
in an MSA are largely driven
by the number of scientists in
the region. Numbers, research
emphasis and the quality
of faculty 22 provide reliable
predictors of the publication
output of a university’s faculty.
In this instance, Massachusetts
and California faculty appear to
have a greater research focus
and higher quality compared to
other states’ universities, which
are included in the Leiden data.
1,200
CA, 18,901 
1,000
800
MA
y = 10.585x ‐ 64217
R² = 0.96
NY, 8,922 
600
TX, 7,126 
400
PA
200
WA
NC
GA MD MI
MN
IA
OH
UT TN
VA
IL
FL, 3,026 
0
0
20
40
60
Total Publications
80
100
120
Thousands
Circle Width Represents the Raw Number of Top 10% Publications
FIGURE 9: NUMBER OF SCIENTISTS
AND ENGINEERS DRIVE PUBLICATIONS
Number of Scientists and Engineers Drive Publications
Florida Underperforms
Large Peer States w/ > 10K Publications
Florida Underperforms Large Peer States w/ > 10K Publications
The number of citations in
an MSA are driven by the
number and the quality of its
publications. On the graph at
the right, Massachusetts is
clearly outperforming based
on the number of publications
generated there. Quality,
indicated by the number of
publications cited in the top
10 percent of those in their
respective fields, benefits
the Massachusetts results.
Florida lags its large peer states
in number of publications,
citations and measures of
quality like the number of
publications cited in the top 10
percent in their fields.
FIGURE 8: NUMBER AND QUALITY
OF PUBLICATIONS DRIVE CITATIONS
Number and Quality of Publications Drive Citations
Florida Underperforms
Peer States (Includes STs > 10K Publications)
Florida Underperforms Peer States (Includes STs > 10K Publications)
120
CA, 32,249
100
y = 2.9223x ‐ 5692.7
R² = 0.9313
80
PUBLICATIONS DRIVE
CITATIONS
MA
60
NY, 25,202
PA
TX, 23,587
MI
40
IL
OH
WA
GA MD
MO
IN
MN WI
TN
NJ*
AZ
CO
UT
VA
CT
20
NC
FL, 12,987
0
2.5
7.5
12.5
17.5
22.5
27.5
32.5
37.5
Thousands
Full‐Time Instructional, Research and Public Service Faculty
Bubble Width Indicates the Raw Number of Top 10% Publications
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