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National Academies on U.S. Science

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the holding-on-too-tight dept.

theodp writes to tell us that the National Academies, the nation's 'leading science advisory group', is warning of the continued loss of America's competitive edge with regards to science in the global community. In a press release they call for the immediate increase of teachers and advanced research and development, citing that 'in 2001 U.S. industry spent more on tort litigation than on research and development.' The Committee includes, among others, Intel's Craig 'Don't Call Us Benedict Arnold CEOs' Barrett.

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  1. 33%, not 60% by Dire+Bonobo · · Score: 5, Informative

    > Last time I looked the US was the 1st on the list of scientific
    > papers published by countries with more than 60% of the papers.

    Then you must not have looked since about 1960. As of 2005, the US published only 33% of world science papers, significantly less than the EU (38%) and only half again more than Asia-Pacific (25%). source, more detail

    What's interesting to note is that the EU's share of world publications has increased by almost 20% in the last 20 years (from 32%) and Asia's by almost 100%, but the USA's has fallen by almost 20% (from 40% to 33%).

    In other words, the US has been losing its tech edge for at least the last 20 years.