Western researchers overlook high-quality Chinese scientific publications despite their volume and impact
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The Economist
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Chinese authors published as many scientific papers in 2025 as researchers from the US, UK, Germany, and Japan combined, yet Western researchers largely overlook this work. Two analyses of tens of millions of English-language scientific articles show Chinese research is ignored despite its high quality, as evidenced by China leading the Nature index. The article suggests a bad reputation and cultural ignorance are likely responsible for this Western bias.
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· 4 pulledChinese authors published as many papers as American, British, German and Japanese researchers combined in 2025.
Two recent analyses drawing on databases of tens of millions of English-language scientific articles suggest they were largely overlooked by Western researchers.
That is not for lack of value: China leads the Nature index, a ranking of countries by number of papers published in a set of respected journals.
A bad reputation and cultural ignorance are probably responsible
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