By Adonia Agayan

YEREVAN, September 08 — “Since 1992, the scientists of the Republic of Armenia have published more than 6000 articles in various journals with high international rating, and more than 46,000 references have been made to these articles,” says Samvel Harutyunyan, the chairman of the Armenian State Committee for Science.

According to him, by the number of articles per 100 or 1,000 scientists, the Republic of Armenia left behind its neighbors — Georgia, Azerbaijan, and even Russia and Ukraine.

Harutyunyan mentioned that about 57 percent of the articles published in the international journals refer to physics and 10-12 percent refer to biology. Chemistry and mathematics are on the third place. As for humanitarian articles, Samvel Harutyunyan said that there are only few of them and they make the lowest percentage.

“We are behind the Baltic countries — Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Nevertheless, we should take into account the funds allocated to science in these countries and the external support, too,” the chairman of the State Committee for Science said.

Yerevan Report