A recent report from the US National Science Foundation, Science and Engineering Indicators 2014 summarizes the outputs of Academic S&E Research. It is interesting to note that the percentage of output from American and European nations are coming down and Chinese percentage is increased close to 4 times. India is also making progress, but not as China does!! Global shares of S&E article output of the United States, the European Union (EU), and Japan have declined. China’s global share has risen sharply. * The United States, the world’s second-largest producer, accounted for 26% of the world’s total S&E articles in 2011, down from 30% in 2001. The share for the EU, the world’s largest producer, also declined, from 35% in 2001 to 31% in 2011. Japan’s share fell from 9% to 6%. * China grew the fastest among larger developing economies, with its share rising from 3% to 11%. China has become the world’s third-largest producer of scientific articles, after the EU and the United States. * Brazil and India also grew rapidly, with their global shares reaching 2% and 3%, respectively. Iran, a developing nation with a much smaller publication base in 2001, grew to a 1% global share by 2011. Read more from http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind14/index.cfm/chapter-5/c5h.htm ---------- Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR, Manager, Research & Reference Services, University Library, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, www.kaust.edu.sa -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.