China’s scientific research climbs to global top spot


World No.1: The report showed that Chinese research, which is number one in the world, comprised 27.2%, or 4,744, of the world’s top 1% most frequently cited papers. — China Daily/ANN

BEIJING: China has become the world leader in both scientific research output and “high impact” studies, surpassing the United States, a Japanese report shows.

The figures come from a report published by Japan’s National Institute of Science and Technology Policy on Tuesday, based on yearly averages between 2018 and 2020.

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