Fellows of the Royal Society headed by CHRIS LLEWELYN SMITH survey the changing landscape for science and innovation in the 21st century, its networks of collaboration and implications for global decision-makers in science, business, NGO's and governments for addressing 'global challenges' such as climate change, food security, and infectious diseases.
In their study in cooperation with Elsevier, "Knowledge, networks and nations: global scientific collaboration in the 21st century", they state that international collaboration comprised of upto 35% of all publications in international journals and was driven by scientists themselves in their quest to work with the best people, institutions and equipment with the R&D budget estimated at $1.2 trillion spanning 7 million researchers across the world.
They recommend strengthened support for international science and collaboration, development of national and international science strategies, international capacity building to ensure sharing of the benefits of scientific research and development of better indices to evaluate global science.
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