In the 100 000 top scientists there is decline of USA, and a jump of China and India

Not everyone has noticed, also from our previous studies including a letter to Nature,  that in the list of 100 000 most cited scientists by Ioannides et al. recently published in PLOS Biology, comparing the career database (1996-2017) with that of 2017, composed of around 2% of Italians, all the states we analysed except for Italy and China and India have suffered a decline in the number of researchers present in the 2017 data set compared to even substantial career data (Japan –20% nationally ). Italy is showing an opposite trend, showing + 0.2% on a global basis and an impressive + 11.53% on a national basis (Figure 2).

The advancement of China and India is impressive, registering a frightening (albeit expected) + 284% and + 152% respectively.

See https://www.scienzainrete.it/articolo/ricerca-italia-non-piangiamoci-addosso/pietro-d%E2%80%99antuono-michele-ciavarella/2019-10-19?fbclid=IwAR38B_MkHV2zI47Lz5LuDQ5le_JFJngz6MG7R_119SYazRLA8jm2rxNv7jk