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China Tops U.S. in Number of Highly Cited Scientific Papers
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China topped the United States for the first time in the number of highly cited scientific papers published between 2017 and 2019, according to Japan's National Institute of Science and Technology Policy.
Researchers in China ranked first with 40,219 highly cited papers, followed by the United States at 37,124 and the U.K. at 8,687, according to the Science and Technology Indicators 2021 report. Germany was fourth with 7,248, and Japan was 10th with 3,787 papers.
Influential papers are those among the top 10% in terms of how many citations they had received in other research articles. Papers written by researchers from multiple countries were allocated to nations based on the contributions of the authors.
Meanwhile, the United States and China have seen steady rises in the number of new doctoral degree holders each year, totaling around 90,000 and 60,000 respectively, according to the latest data.
From The Japan Times
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