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Recently, Nature IndexrCoa data-driven ranking system under the prestigious journal NaturerCoreleased a new list ranking cities worldwide by their scientific research output. The results were both surprising and unsurprising: all ten of the worldrCOs top cities for scientific research are located exclusively in either the United States or ChinarCowith six from China and four from the U.S. Notably, the top two spots are both held by Chinese cities.

This ranking is based on research output data from 2023, specifically counting articles published in 82 high-quality natural science journals, and measuring each cityrCOs institutional contributions to those publications. In other words, it reflects actual publication volume and qualityrCounlike some university rankings that incorporate subjective metrics such as reputation, student-faculty ratios, or internationalization.

Historically prominent global research hubsrCoincluding Tokyo, London, Paris, Zurich, and MunichrCodid not make the top ten this time. While the U.S. remains scientifically powerful overall, its research resources are heavily concentrated in a few innovation corridors: the rCLacademic trianglerCY along the East Coast (BostonrCoNew YorkrCoBaltimore) and the San Francisco Bay Area on the West Coast (home to Stanford, UC Berkeley, and Silicon Valley).

These regions attract the nationrCOs top talent and capital, but this concentration also makes it difficult for other U.S. cities to break through. In contrast, China has pursued a more diversified strategyrCodeliberately fostering multiple centers of excellence by establishing national laboratories, large-scale scientific facilities, and regional innovation hubs, thereby extending high-level research capacity even into second-tier cities.


The Nature Index 2025 supplement "Research Cities" (released November 2025, covering calendar-year 2024 data) ranks the world's top ten cities by scientific output as follows:

1. Beijing (China)
2. Shanghai (China)
3. New York metropolitan area (USA)
4. Boston metropolitan area (USA)
5. Nanjing (China)
6. Guangzhou (China)
7. San Francisco Bay Area (USA)
8. Wuhan (China)
9. BaltimorerCoWashington (USA)
10. Hangzhou (China)

China occupies six positions (>50 %)rCothe first time any country has held a majority of the top-ten slots. Beijing has ranked first globally for nine consecutive years since 2016.
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From Newsgroup: alt.philosophy.taoism


DJI fan posted:

China occupies six positions ...

About the only idea pertaining to Daoism
that happens to occur to me at present is
regarding cities having the lowest ranking.

There could be cities without any research
going on, perhaps. Many may simply be cities.

If so, to rank them might be impossible.

- thanks! Cheers!
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