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By Harriet Barovick, Ishaan Tharoor, Alexandra Silver and Josh Sanburn Monday, Apr. 11, 2011

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    Number of scientific papers published

    CHINA

    U.S.

    1996

    25,474

    292,513

    2008

    184,080

    316,317

    PROJECTED

    Growth in citations in scientific literature

    CHINA PROJECTED TO OVERTAKE THE U.S.

    SOURCE: THE ROYAL SOCIETY

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