Tectonic shifts in global science: US-China scientific competition and the Muslim-majority science systems in multipolar science

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Abstract

Global science is set to experience different times in the 2020s. China surpasses the USA in terms of the number of scientific papers in 2020 in most scientific databases. This scenario is expected to have implications not only in East Asia but also beyond the region. Against this backdrop, this paper investigates the scientific influence of the US-China competition on six major Muslim-majority science systems. Multiple data sources are used to collect data for the bibliometric analyses, which include the trend analysis of collaboration patterns, discipline-based collaborations, authorship patterns for responsibility in collaborations, and citation premium of collaborations with the USA versus China. All the analyses consistently demonstrate that the USA is losing its scientific influence on the selected Muslim-majority science systems to China. Analysis results indicate an astonishing increase in collaborations with China-based scientists in the last decade. Half of the selected Muslim-majority science systems collaborate more with China-based scientists, whereas the other half collaborate more with the USA in 2021, indicating a fifty-fifty split. The collaborations with China-based authors garner higher citation premiums for the selected Muslim-majority science systems than the collaborations with the USA. Copyright © 2023 The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)637-659
JournalHigher Education
Volume87
Early online dateMar 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2024

Citation

Oldac, Y. I. (2024). Tectonic shifts in global science: US-China scientific competition and the Muslim-majority science systems in multipolar science. Higher Education, 87, 637-659. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-023-01028-6

Keywords

  • Global science
  • Muslim-majority countries
  • The United States
  • China
  • Geopolitics

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