Communications of the ACM
The Global Web of Science Collaboration Is Expanding
International scientific collaborations are a key window into the advances and capabilities of other countries.
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International collaborations tend to yield impactful scientific advances — but there is intense political debate in the U.S. and beyond about the calculus of maximizing those benefits while minimizing the national security concerns collaborations can bring.
The overall share of science and engineering publications from international teams climbed from 16% in 2003 to nearly 23% in 2022, according to the latest National Science Board Science & Engineering Indicators report.
Over those two decades, China and the U.S. became each other's most frequent scientific partners. That remains true though data indicates collaborations between the two countries began to decline in 2020 for the first time in decades.
China generated the most scientific publications in 2022 — about twice as many as the U.S. The share of articles from China that were highly cited grew from 0.4% in 2006 to 1.3% in 2020, while the share of U.S. articles that were highly cited dropped to 1.7% in 2020 and Japan slipped as well.
From Axios
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