Institute for Scientific Information prompts the U.S. to
address shrinking domestic research capacity or risk its position
as a leading science and technology power
LONDON, April 27,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Clarivate Plc (NYSE:CLVT),
a global leader in connecting people and organizations to
intelligence they can trust to transform their world, today
released an in-depth report from the Institute for Scientific
Information (ISI)™ which examines the impact of globalization on
United States research. The
report emphasizes the importance of continued investment and
collaboration to maintain the country's position as a leading
science and technology power.
"U.S. research trends: The impact of globalization and
collaboration" draws on data from the Web of Science™ to
analyze the trajectory of U.S. research over the past 15 years. It
reveals that while the U.S. remains a strong and influential player
in the global research community, it faces increasing competition
from new science-based economies in Asia and an expanded EU network. The report
also raises important questions about how past investment has
prepared the U.S. scientific enterprise to achieve its goals.
Jonathan Adams, Chief Scientist
at the Institute for Scientific Information said: "The U.S. remains
a leading science and technology power, but it no longer stands
alone. It needs to acknowledge its shrinking domestic research
capacity and work pragmatically with resourceful competitors to
maintain its position."
Key findings of the report include:
- U.S. research investment, domestic research student numbers,
and the output of research articles and reviews have not grown at
the same rate as other parts of the world, resulting in increasing
competition.
- Most growth in U.S. research publication output is attributable
to international collaboration, which has doubled for major
traditional partners such as the United
Kingdom and Germany and
quadrupled with Mainland China.
- The physical sciences and technology areas are the subjects
where the U.S. has the greatest degree of international
collaboration and the smallest component of purely domestic
research output. Mainland China is
the U.S.'s most frequent partner in technology research and is as
frequent as the U.K. and Germany
in physical sciences.
- The U.S.'s research portfolio remains extensive and diverse,
but its research subject diversity has declined due to the science
budget expanding much faster in biomedicine than in technology
areas.
- U.S research activity is unevenly spread across the country,
but the U.S. has sought to address over-concentration of its
innovation and development resources by structured funding directed
to areas of relatively weak research capacity.
- The U.S. is strong but no longer dominates the research
landscape as it did in the past. This is because other G7 nations
are producing papers of the highest citation impact, while more
U.S. papers are now of world average citation impact.
Notes to editors:
Our Global Research Reports from the Institute for Scientific
Information at Clarivate draw on our unique industry insights to
offer analysis, ideas and commentary to enlighten and stimulate
debate. Each one demonstrates the huge potential of research data
to inform management issues in research assessment and research
policy and to accelerate development of the global research
base.
https://clarivate.com/the-institute-for-scientific-information/isi-reports/
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