• muslimmarxist [none/use name]
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    9 months ago

    they are an indirect measure of technological development.

    I don't even believe this is true. There is plenty of literature out there about how # of patents =/= innovation (or even tangentially relate to it).

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
      hexagon
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      9 months ago

      Seems to be in line with the fact that China now tops U.S. in quantity and quality of scientific papers https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Science/China-tops-U.S.-in-quantity-and-quality-of-scientific-papers