China displaces US as Top publisher of high-quality natural science studies
China tops natural-science table. - June 16, 2023
Recently, Nature Publishing Group releases Nature Index Annual Tables 2023, in which China tops the natural science table. It highlights that Chinese scholars made the largest contribution to high-quality natural science research in 2022, surpassing the United States in the Nature Index rankings. The Annual Tables 2023 provides a full breakdown of the institutions that have helped to propel China to the top in Share last year, and also feature, for the first time, data on publications in a set of high-quality medical journals that was added to the Nature Index.
The Nature Index is an open database created in 2014, which tracks research papers published in 82 high-quality natural science journals. The index counts and ranks papers using two methods: Count and Share. This allows users to compare research output from different institutions across regions, disciplines, and industries.
According to author data from the 82 journals tracked by the Nature Index, the contribution shares for Chin…
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