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ARTICLE COUNT FROM 10 TOP CITIES ’S ARTICLE COUNT TOP INTERNATIONAL IN THE NATURE INDEX BY SUBJECT FROM 2012-2017 200 CITIES THAT SHANGHAI INSTITUTIONS COLLABORATED WITH 5000 IN 2017 BY NUMBER 150 OF BILATERAL RESEARCH COLLABORATION Tokyo PARTNERSHIPS Shanghai Chicago New York City Boston Chemistry 4823 DRIVES INNOVATION Cambridge, USA London 100 Earth & Environmental 490 Paris San Diego Sciences Increasing international collaboration in Shanghai underpins the STRONG GROWTH OF RESEARCH 4000 Life Sciences 2578

OUTPUT IN THIS VIBRANT CITY, driving science and technology innovation. Physical Sciences 3302 50

0 Paris USA Cambridge, City York New Boston Chicago London Houston Tokyo UK Cambridge,

3000 With strong government the United States, as well as They account for 63% of the grown by 159% from 2012 to NATURE INDEX OUTPUT BY SUBJECT NON-COLLABORATIVE AND commitment and continual Paris and Tokyo in 2017, making city’s Nature Index output 2017, while inter-city domestic FOR A SELECTION OF TOP CITIES COLLABORATIVE ARTICLES FROM increase in research input, Shanghai the second highest from 2012 to 2017, followed partnerships have increased by (BASED ON FC 2012-2017) SHANGHAI INSTITUTIONS Beijing New York City Paris Non-collaborative International Domestic has become the world’s publishing city in the world by government research 164%. The number of bilateral Collaboration Collaboration Shanghai Boston Tokyo second largest research as measured by the index. It institutions, such as those CAS partnerships formed is based Cambridge, USA Chemistry 1200 powerhouse. This growth lagged only behind Beijing, institutes. on co-authorship on articles 2000 1000 can be partly attributed home to the Chinese Academy As a commercial centre, tracked by the Nature Index. to increasing international of Sciences (CAS), the world’s Shanghai also has 90 corporate Looking at article count, 800 Earth & 600 collaboration, a global trend in largest research producing institutions producing one or Shanghai’s number of Life Environmental Sciences Sciences science. institution in the Nature Index. more articles in the Nature collaborative articles has 400 2000 In Shanghai, China’s global From 2012 to 2017, Shanghai Index since 2012, exceeding doubled from 2012 to 2017, 1000 3000 200 4000 economic centre and a leader has a 46% increase in the the number of academic, increasing by 90% for domestic 5000 0 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 in science and technology, share of authorship and a 76% government, or healthcare collaboration, and by 106% for 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Physical Sciences collaboration and openness are increase in article count, a institutions contributing to international collaboration. The setting the scene for innovation. growth rate higher than that of the Nature Index in the city. proportion of internationally A recent analysis based on the world’s most other major This broad participation in collaboration articles has Nature Index data, which tracks research producing cities. research from corporate increased from 45% in 2012 high-quality research published By subject area, Earth and institutions demonstrates to 53% in 2017. Evidently, growing number of Chinese- bilateral partnerships is NYU partnerships, Paris stands out Joint research centres, in top journals recognized environmental science has the the dynamic forces that drive international collaboration born scientists returning from Shanghai, a joint venture in as the top city that Shanghai institutes and schools are by researchers, paints highest growth rate from 2012 Shanghai’s research capacity. has contributed considerably overseas also drives international higher education between East institutions collaborated sprouting in Shanghai. Shanghai’s research output to 2017, given its much lower “We encourage collaboration to Shanghai’s rapid increase collaboration, either with their China Normal University and with. The Institut Pasteur of Collaborative projects are and collaboration picture, base value in research output. between our universities and in research output and is former supervisors or colleagues New York University, which Shanghai, CAS has contributed also bringing more and more compared with the world’s In fact, output in all subjects enterprises,” said Zhang Quan, dominating quality research abroad. has most of its research output greatly, given its close international researchers to other top research producing has increased substantially in director general of the Science publishing. Unsurprisingly, Shanghai’s collaborated with its umbrella association with the Institut the city. “We are glad to see cities, showcasing its growing Shanghai from 2012 to 2017. and Technology Commission As science becomes more top research producing institution in the United States. Pasteur in Paris. the growing partnerships made capacity as a global science and As with the rest of China, of Shanghai Municipality. “We interdisciplinary and resource- academic institutions, such as The United States is so Academic institutions in between Shanghai institutions technology innovation centre. chemistry is clearly the strength want to see research results intensive, collaboration is , Shanghai Jiao far the biggest research Shanghai tend to collaborate and their counterparts abroad, in Shanghai, accounting for produced at our academic becoming the norm. International Tong University and East China collaborator for Shanghai. with cities in developed leading to increased research Growing research output more than half of its research institutions translated into big science projects are also Normal University, are also New York, Cambridge, countries, such as the United output,” said Zhang. “We hope Based on articles published output measured in fractional technological innovations becoming more common. ranked among the top in their Chicago, among others, are States, UK, and to broaden our collaboration and in 2017 in journals tracked by count, which is in contrast to that can contribute to Aiming to be a leading research 2017 bilateral collaboration the top cities that Shanghai . The exception is Tongji be more open, making Shanghai the Nature Index, Shanghai other top research producing socioeconomic development.” powerhouse, China is actively score, suggesting the role of institutions collaborate with. University, which has co- an ideal place for researchers produces around 12% of the cities in the Nature Index, participating in, and also seeks to collaboration in driving their Multilateral collaboration from authored many papers with the around the world and a truly country’s total output in the except Beijing. Collaboration as the norm lead such global collaborations. high quality research output. Shanghai is the strongest with UN Environment Programme, international science and Nature Index. While it was Shanghai’s academic Growth is also seen in The many international ties made This score is calculated by institutions in New York City. headquartered in Nairobi, technology innovation hub.” still behind the world’s top 10 institutions, including collaborative research, both between Shanghai institutions summing the fractional counts This is partially attributable Kenya. A joint institute for cities in 2012, its fractional universities and their affiliated in terms of domestic and and their counterparts abroad, of the two institutions on to the three-way ties amongst environment and sustainable count, which calculates share of research centres, have international collaboration. while demonstrating such a papers to which both have NYU Shanghai, East China development between the two authorship, exceeded New York contributed to most of its International bilateral commitment, has led to growing contributed. The most active Normal University and New institutions explains their close and the greater Boston area in increases in research output. partnerships in Shanghai have research links. Meanwhile, the institution in international York University. In bilateral collaboration.

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