Editing Central Asia (section)

=== Research output ===
[[File:Growth in scientific output has accelerated in Kazakhstan since 2012.svg|thumb|upright=1.35|Scientific publications from Central Asia catalogued by Thomson Reuters' Web of Science, Science Citation Index Expanded, 2005–2014, UNESCO Science Report: towards 2030 (2015), Figure 14.6]]
The number of scientific papers published in Central Asia grew by almost 50% between 2005 and 2014, driven by Kazakhstan, which overtook Uzbekistan over this period to become the region's most prolific scientific publisher, according to Thomson Reuters' Web of Science (Science Citation Index Expanded). Between 2005 and 2014, Kazakhstan's share of scientific papers from the region grew from 35% to 56%. Although two-thirds of papers from the region have a foreign co-author, the main partners tend to come from beyond Central Asia, namely the Russian Federation, USA, German, United Kingdom and Japan.<ref name=":13" />

Five Kazakh patents were registered at the US Patent and Trademark Office between 2008 and 2013, compared to three for Uzbek inventors and none at all for the other three Central Asian republics, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.<ref name=":13" />
[[File:The most prolific countries in Central Asia – Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan – specialize in physics and chemistry.svg|thumb|upright=1.35|Cumulative total of articles by Central Asians between 2008 and 2013, by field of science. Source: UNESCO Science Report: towards 2030 (2015), Figure 14.6]]

Kazakhstan is Central Asia's main trader in high-tech products. Kazakh imports nearly doubled between 2008 and 2013, from US$2.7{{nbs}}billion to US$5.1{{nbs}}billion. There has been a surge in imports of computers, electronics and telecommunications; these products represented an investment of US$744{{nbs}}million in 2008 and US$2.6{{nbs}}billion five years later. The growth in exports was more gradual – from US$2.3{{nbs}}billion to US$3.1{{nbs}}billion – and dominated by chemical products (other than pharmaceuticals), which represented two-thirds of exports in 2008 (US$1.5{{nbs}}billion) and 83% (US$2.6{{nbs}}billion) in 2013.<ref name=":13" />