Western researchers largely ignore Chinese scientific papers despite high output and quality

The Economist

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Chinese researchers published as many papers as researchers from the US, UK, Germany, and Japan combined in 2025, yet two analyses of tens of millions of English-language scientific articles show these papers are largely ignored by Western researchers. This is despite China leading the Nature index for papers in respected journals. The article suggests a bad reputation and cultural ignorance are likely responsible for this neglect.

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Chinese 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 ignored 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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A bad reputation and cultural ignorance are probably responsible

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