Chinese scientists have become world leaders in the number of scientific papers published, surpassing scientists from the United States. American specialists have retained leadership only in the category of life sciences.
China has become the world leader in the number of scientific articles published by scientists. The Guardian writes about this with reference to the Nature Index database.
Between 2018 and 2022, scientists in China published 407,000 scientific articles per year, while specialists in the United States published 293,000 per year.
Chinese scientists ranked first in the number of scientific materials published in almost all categories, while American scientists ranked first in only one: life sciences.
The Nature Index database tracks the publications of scientists in 82 scientific journals.
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