Message from the Chief Medical Officer
According to Global Science and Technology Project, by 2009 more than 35 percent of science research articles were the result of international collaborations among researchers from different countries.
As the scientific world became more interconnected through the Internet, we saw a dramatic increase in international collaboration. According to data gathered through the Global Science and Technology Project, by 2009 more than 35 percent of science research articles were the result of international collaborations among researchers from different countries – a 40 percent increase during a 15-year period. By 2010, the number of internationally coauthored papers was more than double the number published 20 years earlier.