Austrian Research and Technology Report 2020

The Atlas of Economic Complexity
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: Produced 
by Harvard University, the Atlas of Economic Com-
plexity features an economic complexity index 
14 See European Commission (2019b) and (2019c).
15 See Federation of German Industries (BDI) et al. (2020).
16 See OECD (2019b).
17 See The Growth Lab at Harvard University (2019).
18 See European Commission (2019f).
19 See Scimago Journal & Country Rank (2019).
20 See Federal Chancellery (BKA) et al. (2011).
calculated from foreign trade data. It reflects 
economies’ specialisation of their goods exports 
in the complex products segment. 
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Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) Re-
port 2019
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: 
The Digital Economy and Society In-
dex (DESI) is published annually by the European 
Commission and covers five dimensions: Connec-
tivity, Human Capital, Use of Internet, Integration 
of Digital Technology and Digital Public Services, 
as well as ICT research and development. This re-
port assesses the index as a whole, as well as 
sub-indicators on connectivity, digital skills (human 
capital) and the integration of digital technology. 
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SCImago Journal & Country Rank
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:
The SCIma-
go Journal & Country Rank database is a portal 
accessible by the general public that provides in-
dicators on academic and scientific publications. 
These are based on the SCOPUS database run by 
the Elsevier publishing company and cover 239 
countries.
A comparison of relevant indicators drawn from the 
abovementioned sources is presented below for the 
28 EU member states, with the corresponding EU av-
erage for the indicators shown in the respective 
graphic. Where values for individual countries are 
missing, the EU average has been calculated based 
on available data. Where the underlying data permit 
it, there is also a comparison with the USA, Canada, 
Brazil, South Africa, China and Australia, represent-
ing the largest economies on their continents (in 
terms of GDP). In addition, Switzerland is included as 
another important player among the global research 
and innovation leaders, where data are available. 
This method allows Austria to be ranked on a global 
scale with regard to scientific and innovation policy 
aspects and progress with implementing the federal 
government’s RTI strategy
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to be gauged. 

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