NZ punching above its weight for quality of scientific research being produced
New Zealand is punching above its weight in its output of top-quality research, with a new index ranking the country above larger nations like Saudi Arabia and South Africa.
Overall, New Zealand is placed 30th on the just-released Nature Index – tracking high-quality research of more than 8,000 global institutions and assessing the top 10 Kiwi institutions in 2015 by their contribution to 68 leading journals.
