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Scientists around the world report millions of new discoveries every year − but this explosive research growth wasn’t what experts predicted

  • Written by David P. Baker, Professor of Sociology, Education and Demography, Penn State
Scientists around the world report millions of new discoveries every year − but this explosive research growth wasn’t what experts predictedThe number of research studies published globally has risen exponentially in the past decades. AP Photo/Frank Augstein, file

Millions of scientific papers are published globally every year. These papers in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine present discoveries that range from the mundane to the profound.

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