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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Some observations from the 2018 STM report on a global shift in countries' funding of research that might interest list members:</p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Chin</span></p>
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"China<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>has<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>overtaken<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>the<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>US<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>to<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>become<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>the<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>pre-eminent<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>producer<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>of<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>global<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>research papers<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>globally,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>with<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>a<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>share<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>of<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>about<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>19%,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>and<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>on<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>current<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>trends<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>its<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>research spending<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>will<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>also<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>exceed<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>the<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>US’s<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>by<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>the<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>early<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>2020s.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>US<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>accounts<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>for<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>18%<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>of global<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>articles,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>while<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>India<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>has<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>also<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>seen<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>rapid<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>growth<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>in<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>recent<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>years,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>and<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>now produces<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>5%<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>of<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>global<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>outputs,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>ahead<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>of<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Germany,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>the<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>UK<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>and<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Japan,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>each<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>on<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>4% (page 29)".</p>
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif">From the Executive Summary of:</font>
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Johnson, R., Watkinson, A., & Mabe, M. (2018). <i>The STM report: An overview of scientific and scholarly publishing 5th edition 1968 - 2018: celebrating the 50th anniversary of STM</i>. Retrieved from The International Association of Scientific, Technical
and Medical Publishers (STM) website: <a href="https://www.stm-assoc.org/2018_10_04_STM_Report_2018.pdf" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" id="LPlnk329174" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">
https://www.stm-assoc.org/2018_10_04_STM_Report_2018.pdf</a></p>
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<o:p> T</o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Dr.Further insights / research on this trend and its implications would be of interest.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Dr. Heather Morrison</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Associate Professor, School of Information Studies, University of Ottawa</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Professeur Agrég</span>é, École des Sciences de l'Information, Université d'Ottawa<br>
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Principal Investigator, Sustaining the Knowledge Commons, a SSHRC Insight Project</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">Heather.Morrison@uottawa.ca<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">[On research sabbatical July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020]</p>
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