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China now publishes more high-quality science than any other nation -- should the US be worried?

  • Written by Caroline Wagner, Milton & Roslyn Wolf Chair in International Affairs, The Ohio State University
imageIn 2022, Chinese researchers published more scientific papers on artificial intelligence than any other nation.Mf3D/E+ via Getty Images

By at least one measure, China now leads the world in producing high-quality science. My research shows that Chinese scholars now publish a larger fraction of the top 1% most cited scientific papers globally than...

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