Astronomy and astrophysics publication research metrics among southeast Asian countries

This study explored the productivity of six (6) selected Southeast Asian countries: Indonesia (ID), Malaysia (MY), Philippines (PH), Singapore (SG), Thailand (TH), and Vietnam (VN) in the field of astronomy and astrophysics. It aims to provide an analysis of the research productivity in Scopus publication of the mentioned countries in terms of (i) published documents, (ii) citations, (iii) international collaboration, and (iv) open access in the Scimagojr database in the span of 11 years (2013 – 2023). Data were processed using Python packages and Excel to illustrate data visualization, interpretation, and forecasts of each term. The Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) was also used in the study to discuss the comparative performance of each country further. The study reveals that TH has the most promising performance among SEA countries based on the above metrics. It has shown a decreasing trend in the number of citations. In contrast, PH has the highest CAGR of 16.76%, but it still lacks other metrics, and SG has the lowest CARG (-0.78%), which means decreasing research publications among the SEA countries under the study. Other results are shown in the paper.