Factbase Actors
National capability ultimately derives from people and organisations. Technologies advance because researchers publish breakthroughs, companies develop products and governments fund programmes.
Topic
Methodology
A collection of 4 issues
Factbase Assets
National capability manifests in physical form. Research advances and human expertise ultimately produce tangible systems—aircraft that extend operational reach, missiles that deter adversaries, reactors that generate energy independence, satellites that enable communications sovereignty. Understanding what a nation can do requires cataloguing what it possesses and operates.
Assets—platforms, systems,
Factbase Data Domains
Factbase measures national capability through six interconnected domains. Each domain captures a distinct dimension of how nations develop, deploy and demonstrate capability across defence, technology and strategic sectors.
Understanding TMCM: Topic Median Citation Multiple
TMCM measures research quality by expressing a paper's citations as a multiple of the median citations for papers in the same topic and publication year