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The United States leads the world in the impact its research makes in almost every scientific domain. But European countries could challenge that if they were to divide their labours according to their strengths.
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Adams, J. Benchmarking international research. Nature 396, 615–618 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/25219
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