Four new reports addressing research and innovation have been written by the JRC.

Three of the studies apply a framework for the analysis of national research systems, and focus on distinct elements central for the current policy discourse on European research and innovation: research interactions, the excellence of scientific and technological research, and the efficiency in the production of excellent research. The fourth study addresses the issue of measurement of structural change towards a knowledge-intensive economy.

The reports present composite indicators of scientific and technological research excellence and structural change at the country level in EU Member States and a number of other international benchmark countries. Country scores in research excellence show that European countries are global leaders, although the EU as a whole still needs to close the gap relative to the United States.

The four reports are:
1) An analysis of national research systems (I): A Composite Indicator for Scientific and Technological Research Excellence
2) An analysis of national research systems (II): Efficiency in the production of research excellence
3) An analysis of national research systems (III): towards a composite indicator measuring research interactions
4) Update on the Composite Indicators of Structural Change towards a More Knowledge-Intensive Economy