olympic medal count;
number of highly cited reserchers per million of population;
based on isiknowledge:


gold medal:
16.14 Switzerland (total 113 researchers, 7 millions population); German, French, Italian speaking;
world's #5 ppppc (purchase power parity per capita)

silver:
13.44 USA (total 4033 researchers, 300 millions); English speaking;
world's #3 ppppc (purchase power parity per capita)

brone:
7.85 UK, GB, England, Scotland (total 471 researchers, 60 millions); English speaking



then,

6.78 Sweden (61 researchers, 9 millions); Scandinavian (kind of German?)

6.7 Israel (47 researchers, 7 millions);

6.2 Canada (186 researchers, 30 millions); english speaking

6.02 Nethelands (100, 16.6 millions); German, english speaking

5.64 Denmark (31, 5.5 millions); Scandinavian (kind of German?)

5.44 Australia (126, 20.6 millions); english speaking

3.8 Belgium (38, 10 millions); French, German speaking

3.27 Finland (17, 5.2 millions); Scandinavian (kind of German?)

3.25 Germany (260, 80 millions); German speaking

2.8 Norway (14, 5 millions); Scandinavian (kind of German?)
world's #2 ppppc (purchase power parity per capita)

2.67 hong Kong (16, 6 millions ); Chinese, English speaking;
world's #4 ppppc (purchase power parity per capita)

2.63 France (158, 60 millions); French speaking

2.05 Japan (258, 126 millions): Japanese speaking

1.71 Austria (14, 8.2 millions): German speaking

1.43 Italy (83, 58 millions); Italian speaking




0.04 Russia (6); Russian speaking



0.02 China, Taiwan, Hongkong (33); Chinese speaking

0.00 Luxembourg (0 researchers, 0.5 million populations)
world's #1 ppppc (purchase power parity per capita)

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btw, ranking of richest nations/areas in the world,
based on ppppc (purchase power parity per capita),
according to CIA world fact book:

#1, Luxembourg, $80,000 some
#2, Norway, $55,000 some
#3, USA, $45,000 some
#4, Hong Kong; $42,000 some
#5, Switzerland; $41,000 some

#6, below $40,000, probably Nethelands, i don't remember
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conclusions:
1. switzerland has world's #1 research quality
2. USA is the world lonely superpower
3. Hong Kong is a world-class scientific research powerhouse
4. all four Nordic nations (sweden, denmark, norway, and finland) are impressive
5. english-speaking and german-speaking dominate;

3年前写的；