Dec 16, 2019 11:21:00

China ranks first in the world in the ranking of contributions to publishing chemical papers, and Japan is fourth in the world

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The Nature Index , an organization that conducts various research on scientific research, announced the number of people who published chemistry papers in magazines by 2018. According to the report, China was the first place in history, revealing that the US, which has so far monopolized the top as a chemical power, has finally fallen to second place.

These 10 countries top the ranks in chemistry research | Nature Index
https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/these-ten-countries-top-the-ranks-in-chemistry-research

The Nature Index is a paper published in 82 journals in 2018.It surveys nationalities and organizations to which it belongs and organizes it by country. I calculated. For example, if four researchers from different countries publish papers under joint names, the contribution is calculated as 0.25.

As a result of the survey, the graph below summarizes the top 10 countries. China, the first place, increased by 17.9% from 2017 and achieved an overwhelming total contribution.

On the other hand, the United States, which has been monopolizing the first place so far, fell 6.2% from 2017 and fell to second place. Among the top 10 countries that contributed to the thesis, all but 1st China and 10th Spain declined compared to 2017.

The 4th place Japan has not changed its ranking, but the contribution itself decreased by 12.6% year-on-year. The fifth-ranked UK also had a 10.8% decrease in contribution from the previous year.

In addition to chemistry, China has made tremendous progress in the field of materials science, and the Nature Index has announced that it has recorded the third largest contribution after Korea and Singapore, surpassing the United States.