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Tide of International Science Moving Against US, EU

Posted by kdawson on from the old-guard-passing dept.

explosivejared writes "The Economist has a story on the increasing scientific productivity of countries like China, India, and Brazil relative to the field's old guards in America, Europe, and Japan. Scientific productivity in this sense includes percent of GDP spent on R&D and the overall numbers of researchers, scholarly articles, and patents that a country produces. The article notes increasing levels of international collaboration on scholarly scientific articles in leading journals. From the article: '[M]ore than 35% of articles in leading journals are now the product of international collaboration. That is up from 25% 15 years ago — something the old regime and the new alike can celebrate.'" Note that the "old guard" are still firmly in the lead on these measures of scientific prowess, but the growth rate is higher in the newcomer states.

3 of 302 comments (clear)

  1. Too little too late by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Since the world has passed peak oil production and is now on the down slope towards an energy famine.

  2. obviously by roman_mir · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    it is obvious why this is happening, it was obvious in this comment, it was also obvious much earlier, but it's hard to find much earlier references.

    But I was just considered to be 'funny' because I stated the reasons and the solutions to economic problems that are experienced by the western world and 'economies' that have very high social obligations and expectations.

    here is how it will end for USA

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  3. Re:Lier by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And I can tell you that I review a LOT a crap those days.

    Yes, Sir you sure do look like a serious reviewer. Ahaha

    I wish those country will produce good science. But let's face it. Right now, they have 20 years to catch up.

    Please join a research group in Brazil and only then you can tell us your opinion about their state of research.

    Furthermore, next time please uppercase Brazil, India and China. They are sovereign countries that deserve your respect.
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