Overview of human resource in Japanese academic research institutes

Abstract

After the Science Council of Japan published a report in 1992 promoting science activities fo rt he 21st century, the science policy for human resource was roused among researchers in Japanese academic institutes. This paper intends to overview the recent conditions surrounding research personnel engaged in Japanese academic institutes. The author has taken ab ibliographic approach to survey public science statistics and to process NII reports and databases. Based on these data, the author made an analysis of the human resources in Japanese academic research institutes and considered the tasks of science policy and the role of researchers.