Table 5-21: U.S. cross-sectoral collaboration: 2001

Table 5-21

U.S. cross-sectoral collaboration: 2001

(Percent)

Sector	All sectors	Academic	Industry	Federal Government	Nonprofit institutions	FFRDCs	State and local government

Academic	37	na	26	32	37	11	6
Industry	76	83	na	17	17	6	3
Federal Government	80	87	15	na	15	5	4
Nonprofit institutions	79	91	13	13	na	2	4
FFRDCs	80	85	14	14	7	na	0
State/local government	92	86	12	20	23	1	na

na not applicable
FFRDC federally funded research and development center

NOTES: Shares based on whole counts of publications, where each institutional author on a coauthored article is assigned a whole count. This counting methodology results in the sum of sector shares exceeding 100 percent because some coauthored articles involve collaboration across more than two sectors.

SOURCES: Institute for Scientific Information, Science Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index; CHI Research, Inc.; and National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, special tabulations. See appendix table 5-42.

Science & Engineering Indicators – 2004

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