Reply #65: They ARE behind in science....

[Angry Girl]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/05/10/MNG9O6IK6G1.DTL

"The study followed headlines last week in the New York Times and other papers warning that the United States risks losing its dominance in the sciences. Science policy-makers cited a number of statistics they said bodes ill for the future of U.S. science:

-- The percentage of scientific papers written by Americans has fallen 10 percent since 1992, according to the National Science Foundation.

-- The percentage of American papers published in the top physics journal Physical Review has fallen from 61 percent to 29 percent since 1983.

-- There has been a surge in patents awarded to Asian countries. From 1980 to 2003, Japan's share of world industrial patents rose from 12 percent to 21 percent, and Taiwan's from zero to 3 percent. By contrast, the U.S. share of patents has fallen from 60 percent to 52 percent since 1980."


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