Table 1 Total annual output and international collaboration data in the scientific publishing in South Korea (2001–2010)

Annual output

20,512

22,369

25,559

30,283

34,661

38,817

45,740

47,854

50,677

52,257

368,729

(Co-) authors

42,958

51,462

59,090

69,485

83,158

92,318

107,731

113,332

129,140

138,592

887,266

Authors per paper

2.09

2.30

2.31

2.29

2.40

2.38

2.36

2.37

2.55

2.65

2.41

International coll.

3918

4705

5933

6334

7271

8005

8857

9685

11,142

12,243

78,093

International coll. (%)

19.10

21.03

23.21

20.92

20.98

20.62

19.36

20.24

21.15

23.43

20.98