TOKYO -- China has maintained its global lead in three measures of the quantity and quality of scientific research papers, a report from Japan's education ministry shows, a testament to the country's increasingly independent research system that does not rely on the West.
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China retains crown in scientific papers, widens lead over U.S.
Japan declines in most-cited studies to 13th place, outstripped by Iran
A researcher works at the Institute for Stem Cell and Regeneration of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. © Reuters
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