Looking at the statistics for the number of patents applied for in the US, Taiwan ranks fourth in the world. In terms of basic research, Taiwan ranks 15th in absolute number of theses and dissertations, and first in the world per capita.
以向美國申請專利權的件數統計，台灣高居全球的第四位；而在基礎研究上，台灣各大學發表的論文總量是全球第十五名，若是以人口平均，則更高居全球第一。