According to preliminary data just published by the scientific journal Nature, in 2022, China for the first time surpassed the US to become the country that contributes the most research articles to the world's top scientific journals.
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| In 2022, China for the first time surpassed the US to become the country that contributes the most research articles to the world's top scientific journals. (Source: Shutterstock) |
The country also surpassed the US for the first time in its contributions to Earth science and the environment.
The data is extracted from the Nature Index – which tracks scientific articles published in 82 journals in various fields in the field of natural sciences, namely chemistry, earth sciences, environment, life sciences and physical sciences.
The scientific journals included in the research are world leading publications such as: Cell, Naturee, Science…
Complete data for 2022 is expected to be released next June.
Journal Nature China's contributions to the global science industry have continuously increased significantly since the index was launched in 2014. Beijing is also leading the world in physical and chemical sciences from 2021.
Data provided by the world's largest publisher of scientific papers Elsevier also shows that China and the US are the largest bilateral research partners globally. From 2017-2017, each country contributed about 20% of the world's scientific research.
According to Elsevier, China has for the first time overtaken the United States to lead the world in the number of most cited articles - a key indicator of each country's scientific influence.
Report Japan Science and Technology Index According to the report, from 2018-2020, China contributed 27,2% of the most cited articles in the world while the US contributed 24,9%.
According to SU magazinescience, China also took the lead over the US in 2016 in terms of the number of published scientific articles.
It can be said that recently, China is trying to become a global power in science and technology.
In February 2, the country's President Xi Jinping said that strong basic research will be the driving force to achieve this goal, and diversified funding sources, expanded cooperation and international training are important factors in helping the world's second-largest economy become increasingly technologically independent.
According to the National Bureau of Statistics, China is also the world's second-largest spender on scientific research, with research and development (R&D) funding exceeding 3 trillion yuan (US$426,6 billion) by 2022.
