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Australia has a strong relationship with the UK, underpinned by closely aligned interests in a range of scientific and technological areas. In terms of science and research, the UK has consistently been Australia’s second largest collaborator on a number of indicators.
The United Kingdom is a strong scientific performer, producing just under 9 percent of world papers in 2007, and 12 percent of world citations. It has a strong reputation for world-class research and ranks second only to the United States in production of highly cited articles. In terms of impact per researcher, the UK is first in the world. Consequently, Australia highly values its growing relationship with the UK.
Australian researchers engage with those in the UK via a number of mechanisms including Government administered grant programs such as the International Science Linkages (ISL) Program and through those with the Australian Research Council (ARC). In addition, there is healthy research collaboration involving researchers at the CSIRO and universities, and active relationships between the respective learned academies.
Areas of particular strength in collaboration include astronomy and astrophysics, molecular biology and genetics, and medical sciences, including neurosciences, and oncology.
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