Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D indicators and Scientific Ranking: Do Countries that Better Spend on Research and Development Have Better Scientific Rankings?

This research aims to analyze the relationships between budgets allocated to research and development by countries and scientific ranks of them. scientometrics approach used for the fulfillment of the research. 37 countries that have more than 100 H-Index in 1996 until 2010 in SciMago, had selected for the study. These countries were studied in 3 difference clusters. The data gathered from WoS, SciMago, UNESCO, OECD and World Bank databases. The research questions had responded through Pierson Correlation Test. findings show that there is positive correlation between two batches of Gross domestic expenditure on R&D indicators and Scientific Ranking indicators. Thus, we can expect an increase in the R&D indicators by applying increase in the budgets allocated to R&D. Originality/Value: Value of this research is about illumination and verification of the effects of gross domestic expenditure on scientific rankings of countries.