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Title: China's Rise as a Major Contributor to Science and Technology

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2015

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Abstract: In the past three decades, China has become a major contributor to science and technology. China now employs an increasingly large labor force of scientists and engineers at relatively high earnings and produces more science and engineering degrees than the United States at all levels, particularly bachelors. Chinas research and development expenditure has been rising. Research output in China has been sharply increasing since 2002, making China the second largest producer of scientific papers after the United States. The quality of research by Chinese scientists has also been improving steadily. However, Chinas rise in science also faces serious difficulties, partly attributable to its rigid, topdown administrative system, with allegations of scientific misconduct trending upward.

Url: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/06/11/1407709111.abstract

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Authors: Xie, Yu; Zhang, Chunni; Lai, Qing

Periodical (Full): Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Issue: 26

Volume: 111

Pages: 9437-9442

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Other

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