Ainda na sequência do post acima é evidente que não pode constituir motivo de orgulho ler no recente artigo, abaixo, que Portugal foi o único que se destacou pela negativa:
"Malmquist index
has got one negative outlier – Portugal"
"As input indicators
were used R&D expenditure by the government sector (GOVERD), R&D expenditure by
higher education sector (HERD) and R&D expenditure by business enterprise sector - BERD
(all as % of GDP), total researchers (FTE), human resources in science and technology
(HRST, % of active population in the age group 25-64) and employment in total service
intensive sectors (% of total employment).Output indicators are the number of scientific
publications and high-tech export (% of total export)" https://index.pubms.org/en/a/4859da40-78c8-11ea-a0f3-fa163e0fa1a0