Comment by jmward01
2 days ago
For the year ending May 2024, China released more scientific papers -in English- than the US [1]. We have been on a decline for a while.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of...
[edit] I think that list is total, not just for a single year. Still telling though.
USA has a huge lead in the deployed technologies such as chips, software and defence tech. Research papers might not be a good metric.