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Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders: United States losing ground as China’s lead expands rapidly (www.nature.com)

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[–] AlwaysNurture@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago

Not a shock. China rules! 🇨🇳❤

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Looking at Nature Index's lists of top institutions, Chinese institutions hold:

2022: 4 of top 10 [#1, 8, 9, 10]
2023: 6 of top 10 [#1, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10]
2024: 7 of top 10 [#1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10]
2025: 8 of top 10 [#1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10]

It's a pretty clear, rapid rise in China becoming the main contributor to their database, and given the US political situation and academics famously being poached by China and Europe, I don't think Harvard will retain that #2 position for even another year.

[–] articpiecitylights@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

These numbers seem to all be pre-DOGE bullshit. This is still the pre-Trump 2.0 data. Just wait until the 2025 numbers come out, and then 2026 will likely be even worse. If the US can survive and make it to the other side of this nightmare, there's going to be so much work to do.