The Most Innovative Countries--Who's On Top?

May 25, 2011

May 26, 2011 | In 2009, Chinese researchers published more IT papers than US researchers--the first time China has passed the US. However in Biology and Medicine, the US still published far more papers than any other country, likely due to big pharma's presense and the clinical trial infrastructure. Overall, however, the US does seem to be losing its research edge. Research conducted by SciVal for Forbes, shows the most innovative countries and breaks out research in IT; Clean and Alternative Energy; and Biology and Medicine. Forbes