China already passed the US in number of scientific articles published per year (twitter.com) 6 points by eusebio 5y ago ↗ HN
[–] superyellyfish 5y ago ↗ The per capita difference is revealing… As the most populous country in the world and a big investor in science, this doesn’t really surprise me. [–] cratermoon 5y ago ↗ The tweet seems like sinophobic garbage, sorting by absolute numbers instead of per capita. Of course a country with four times the population is going to have more papers. Sort by per capita and see where the numbers come out. [–] RattleyCooper 5y ago ↗ Sinophobic? How? I took it as a matter-of-fact statement, not some kind of fearful revelation or any kind of fear-mongering.
[–] cratermoon 5y ago ↗ The tweet seems like sinophobic garbage, sorting by absolute numbers instead of per capita. Of course a country with four times the population is going to have more papers. Sort by per capita and see where the numbers come out. [–] RattleyCooper 5y ago ↗ Sinophobic? How? I took it as a matter-of-fact statement, not some kind of fearful revelation or any kind of fear-mongering.
[–] RattleyCooper 5y ago ↗ Sinophobic? How? I took it as a matter-of-fact statement, not some kind of fearful revelation or any kind of fear-mongering.
[–] zepto 5y ago ↗ Also vastly more retractions per year: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/world/asia/china-science-...
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