Thomson Data Analyzer and UCINET were used to perform data mining and quantitive analysis of papers on oil and gas exploration research from SCIE database. The result indicates that global oil and gas exploration research papers keep growing in fluctuations, and this growth is very obvious especially from 1996; its research priorities are reservoirs (hydrocarbon reservoirs and non-hydrocarbon reservoirs) simulation and prediction, seismic exploration and well logging techniques. America and France, as well as their major institutions occupy the dominant position in this field. China and its major research institutions are very active in the field in recent years, but their research quality and influence, as well as capacity for international cooperation need to be further strengthened.

The increased focus on rare diseases started in part because of the stimulus provided by the Orphan Drug Act (ODA) in the U.S. and similar Acts in other regions of the world. These Acts, coupled with high-profile philanthropic funding, shone a new light on orphan diseases and encouraged investment in R&D for a number of these debilitating conditions. Through careful analysis of the economics and investment case for orphan drug development and commercialization, this report shows that while orphan drugs target much smaller populations than traditional mainstream drugs, the high cost of therapy and attractive developmental drivers, such as government incentives, smaller and shorter clinical trials, extended exclusivity and high rates of regulatory success, have made top orphan drugs as equally viable as their non-orphan peers.

This report analyzes the overall development and the balance of disciplinary structure of China’s science based on SCI-indexed Papers and bibiometric method. The statistics results show that: (1) China has jumped to be the world’s top fourth country and the leading country of “the second group” based on the overall ranking. (2) China’s disciplinary structure is quite different from that of other TOP 10 countries. The other top 10 countries are biased toward life sciences and resource & environment areas slightly, while China is biased toward material science, engineering and chemistry greatly. Although the disciplinary structure of China is becoming balanced than before, the equitability of disciplinary structure is lower than the developed countries.