The days when Silicon Valley and leading American universities led the way in shaping the future of science may be ending, as China overtakes the United States not only in research output but in some cutting-edge fields, according to one of the world’s leading academic publishers.
“When I looked into data from Digital Science’s Dimensions database, I can see a widening gap between China and the United States in research output.
“By 2024, Chinese researchers had published 1.1 million articles,…