The proportion of highly cited articles from China rose from 0.4% in 2006 to 1.3% in 2020, while India increased from 0.6% to 1%. In contrast, the U.S. saw a drop from 1.9% to 1.7% in highly cited articles by 2020. Japan slipped as well.
(Report by Axios)
However, knowledge is no longer an asset if it's not shared and enriched via collaboration.
China and India have a strong domestic research focus, according to the data.
International scientific collaborations are a key window into the advances and capabilities of a country.
*About 20% of publications from researchers in China and 24% of those authored by scientists in India involved international collaborations compared to 40% for the U.S. and 67% for the U.K.*
China and India should be concerned because while they are rising science powers, they're "still in this model of keeping everything domestic and that's not efficient."
U.S. policymakers are debating what guardrails might be placed on science and tech collaborations, including immigration measures. That’ll hurt collaboration efforts of India and China based researchers looking to collaborate with the US.
The network of publications on artificial intelligence — deemed a critical technology by the Biden administration and leaders the world over — is centered on the U.S. and China.
About 33% of U.S. publications in AI-related fields between 2003 and 2022 were the result of international collaborations, compared to 16% of China's AI papers.
The overall trend in science is more collaboration. China has signed at least 52 science and technology agreements (STA) with other countries and other science-related agreements with 64 other countries, according to a recent study.
The U.S. has nearly 60 bilateral STAs.
The network of publications on artificial intelligence — deemed a critical technology by the Biden administration and leaders the world over — is centered on the U.S. and China.
About 33% of U.S. publications in AI-related fields between 2003 and 2022 were the result of international collaborations, compared to 16% of China's AI papers.
Like in other fields, the U.S. and China are one another's main partners. The next 10 most prolific partnerships between countries involve one of them.
China generated the most scientific publications in 2022 — about twice as many as the U.S.
China has moved strongly ahead in scientific research publication and has effectively dispelled the notion that China emphasizes quantity above quality.
No one country leads in all scientific areas — for example, the U.S. published the most papers in the health sciences, China in engineering, and India in computer science.
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