DOI: 10.7910/dvn/vg9f2u
title: Replication Data for: Bibliometric analysis of publications from North Korea indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection from 1988 to 2016

description: The aim of this study was to analyze the bibliometric characteristics of publications from North Korea indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection from 1988 to 2016. We hypothesized that the main research area would be the physical sciences, and that the number of articles would continually increase over time. The Web of Science Core Collection was searched using the terms "North Korea" OR "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" OR "DPRK" in the address field of the basic search on February 2, 2017. The country of the co-authors, affiliations, journals, annual number of publications, and research fields were analyzed. Additionally, the articles by North Korean authors only were analyzed for the same parameters. A total of 318 articles from North Korea were found. The most frequent countries of collaboration were China, Germany, and Australia. Kim Il Sung University produced the most articles. The main research fields were physics, mathematics, and materials science. The categories of the journal titles corresponded to the research fields. The rapid increase in the number of articles in 2015 and 2016 was remarkable, although this increase started from a very small baseline number of publications. The results of the analysis of the 46 articles published by North Korean authors only were equivalent to the results for the 318 articles presented above. Our hypotheses were confirmed. The surge of articles in 2015 and 2016 may represent the recent efforts by the North Korean government to emphasize scientific research and development. It is anticipated that the productivity of North Korean researchers in terms of publications in international journals will increase dramatically based on the above trends, although the publication baseline is very low.
description: Ten files are raw data to be sued for the bibliometric analysis. 
Suppl. 1. List of countries from 318 articles by North Korean authors from the Web of Science Core Collection [cited on February 2, 2017].
Suppl. 2. List of institutes from 318 articles by North Korean authors from the Web of Science Core Collection [cited on February 2, 2017].
Suppl. 3. List of journals from 318 articles by North Korean authors from the Web of Science Core Collection [cited on February 2, 2017].
Suppl. 4. List of research fields from 318 articles by North Korean authors from the Web of Science Core Collection [cited on February 2, 2017].
Suppl. 5. Citation data including title, authors, and abstract from 318 articles by North Korean authors from the Web of Science Core Collection [cited on February 2, 2017].
Suppl. 6. Citation data including title, authors, and abstract from 46 articles by North Korean authors only from the Web of Science Core Collection [cited on February 2, 2017].
Suppl. 7. Words and their frequencies from titles and abstracts of 318 articles by North Korean authors from the Web of Science Core Collection [cited on February 2, 2017].
Suppl. 8. Words and their frequencies from titles and abstracts of 46 articles by North Korean authors only from the Web of Science Core Collection [cited on February 2, 2017].
Suppl. 9. Words and their frequencies from titles and abstracts of 126 articles published through 2010 by North Korean authors from the Web of Science Core Collection [cited on February 2, 2017].
Suppl. 10. Words and their frequencies from titles and abstracts of 126 articles published 182 articles from 2011 to 2016 by North Korean authors from the Web of Science Core Collection [cited on February 2, 2017].