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Preface
In recent years,
science and technology has accomplished rapid and dynamic development., and
the influence which technology has on economy and society is still larger.
In the inside of such a situation, in order to grasp exactly the situation
of the technology activity over which it goes intricately and variably, it
is important to equip the sciecne and technology indicators systematically
analyzed based on objective / quantitive data.
In this laboratory, since the systematic science and technology indicators
were created for the first time in 1991, it had revised about in every three
years and since the report of a version was collected in 2000 this time, it
announces officially.
While it expects that this report is utilized not only for people engaged
in science and technology activity but for people of broad each class, if
the opinion of Gentlemen is got, I will think that it is happy for much more
fullness and improvement of a future science and technology indicators.
Finally,
gratitude is deeply expressed in creating this report to the persons concerned
of every direction which obtained great cooperation.
April 2000
