| AI | Artificial intelligence |
| CAD | Computer-aided design |
| CASRAI | Consortia Advancing Standards in Research Administration Information |
| CERIF | Common European Research Information Format |
| CIMULACT | Citizen and Multi Actor Consultation on H2020 |
| CRIS | Current research information systems |
| DOI | Digital Object Identifier |
| DSA | Data-sharing agreement |
| DSIP | Digital science and innovation policy |
| EAD | Ethically aligned design |
| ERB | Ethics review body |
| EU | European Union |
| EUR | Euro |
| GaaP | Government as a Platform |
| GBAORD | National government budget appropriations |
| GBP | British pounds |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GERD | Gross domestic expenditure on research and development |
| GPT | General-purpose technology |
| GPU | Graphic processing unit |
| GRID | Global Research Identifier Database |
| GUF | General university funds |
| HEI | Higher education institution |
| H2020 | Horizon 2020 |
| HPC | High-performance computing |
| ICT | Information and communication technology |
| ID | Identification |
| IPR | Intellectual property rights |
| ISNI | International Standard Name Identifier |
| IoT | Internet of things |
| LIME | Local interpretable model-agnostic explanations |
| MAM | Metals-based additive manufacturing |
| MOOC | Massive open online course |
| NESTI | OECD Working Party on Science and Technology Indicators |
| nm | Nanometres |
| NPM | New public management |
| NPR | Next Production Revolution |
| NSO | National statistical organisation |
| OAI-PMH | Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting |
| OAIS | Open Archival Information System |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| ORCID | Open Researcher and Contributor ID |
| PI | Principal investigator |
| PREF | Public Funding of Research |
| PRI | Public research institution |
| QSAR | Quantitative structure activity relationship |
| REI | Research excellence initiative |
| R&D | Research and development |
| SbD | Safety by Design |
| SCALINGS | Scaling up Co-creation: Avenues and Limits for Integrating Society in Science and Innovation |
| SDGs | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SME | Small and medium-sized enterprise |
| SNA | System of National Accounts |
| S&T | Science and technology |
| STEM | Science, technology, engineering and mathematics |
| STI | Science, technology and innovation |
| TOP | Transparency and Openness Promotion |
| UPPIs | Unique, persistent and pervasive identifiers |
| USD | US dollar |
| VC | Venture capital |
| ZB | Zettabytes |
OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Outlook 2018
Adapting to Technological and Societal Disruption