Samsung Electronics / Macmillan Publishers Limited. / Agency for Science / GE / Google / Facebook / KAIST / Hyundai / /
Continent
Europe / /
Country
Switzerland / Japan / United States / Korea / China / Singapore / South Korea / /
Currency
CNY / USD / /
Facility
Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant / National University of Singapore / Battelle Institute / Dalian University of Technology / The University of Tokyo / China Institute / Nanyang Technological University / The University / Peking University College of Life Science / Japan’s National Graduate Institute / United Kingdom’s University of Nottingham / University of Tokyo / Peking University / Beijing’s Tsinghua University / Korea Advanced Institute of Science / Japan’s Chiba University / Kyoto University The University of Tokyo GLOBA L AV E RA GE / University of California / Seoul National University / /
IndustryTerm
technology policy / chemical biology / online visibility / female and social media-focused altmetrics system / /
MarketIndex
Nikkei 225 / /
Organization
University of California / Dalian University of Technology / Chinese Academy of Sciences / Tsinghua University / Seoul National University / PEKING UNIVERSITY CAS / National University of Singapore / Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology / China Institute for S&T Policy / University of Tokyo / Chiba University / Council for Science and Technology Policy / Peking University / Peking University College of Life Science / Graduate School / Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) / World Economic Forum / Battelle Institute / Ministry of Science and Technology / SOUTH KOREA’S ELITE SCHOOL / Kyoto University / Nanyang Technological University / European Union / United Kingdom’s University of Nottingham / Ministry of Education / Agency for Science / Technology and Research / United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization / Japan’s National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies / /
Person
Hiroshi Amano / Masatoshi Tagawa / Shuji Nakamura / Woo Suk Hwang / Cong Cao / Tateo Arimoto / Sung-Mo Kang / Isamu Akasaki / Zheng Liang / Fengchao Liu / Song Gao / Shinzo Abe / Buhm Soon Park / /
Position
Prime Minister / vice-president / Japan Researcher / President / Researcher / director of Science / Technology and Innovation Policy Program / professor of science policy / producer / head / dean / stem-cell researcher / professor of innovation policy / Cao / molecular biologist / chemist / professor of science policy in China / /
GLOBAL NATURE INDEX East & Southeast Asia China, Japan, Singapore and South Korea vividly demonstrate how significant investment in science can help to fuel national economic growth.