The evaluation of the national scientific research competitiveness is of great significance to determine the developmental direction of the national scientific research and to guide the development of universities and departments of the government. This paper uses a hybrid weighting method based on the data envelopment analysis (DEA) to measure the national scientific research competitiveness index of basic medical disciplines of OECD countries and analyses the competitiveness of different countries and their rankings. The results show that the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan and France have the highest competitiveness index among 28 OECD countries in the field of basic medical disciplines. In addition, the competitiveness of Finland, Greece, New Zealand and Portugal sees a great volatility, but the rest of the OECD countries are in a stable level. From a regional perspective, North America, Northern Europe and Western Europe have higher average scientific research competitiveness index, while Southern and Central Europe are on the low side. Therefore, OECD countries should strengthen their scientific research cooperation, learn from each other. OECD countries with low competitiveness should catch up with the countries with high competitiveness to promote a rapid development and to reach a balance in the regional science and education development.

scientific research competitiveness  /  three-stage weighting model  /  data envelopment analysis