China overtakes the US in terms of research quality, finds study
A new analysis by researchers in the US also found that China had already overtaken the European Union in terms of research quality by 2015
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Laura Hiscott is a freelance science journalist. She previously worked as reviews and careers editor of Physics World in 2021–2022.
Laura studied physics at Imperial College London, before getting experience in science writing at the European Southern Observatory and the European Molecular Biology Organization. In her free time she enjoys hiking, yoga and reading.
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