Which countries are leading high-impact science in astronomy?
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2022-12-05 v1 Astrophysics of Galaxies
Physics and Society
Abstract
Recent news reports claim that China is overtaking the United States and all other countries in scientific productivity and scientific impact. A straightforward analysis of high-impact papers in astronomy reveals that this is not true in our field. In fact, the United States continues to host, by a large margin, the authors that lead high-impact papers. Moreover, this analysis shows that 90% of all high-impact papers in astronomy are led by authors based in North America and Europe. That is, only about 10% of countries in the world host astronomers that publish "astronomy's greatest hits".
Cite
@article{arxiv.2212.01295,
title = {Which countries are leading high-impact science in astronomy?},
author = {Juan P. Madrid},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.01295},
year = {2022}
}