- Science and Engineering Indicators 2022 has been released by the National Science Foundation(NSF) of the United States (US).
- India has moved from 7th position in 2010 to 3rd position in 2020 in scientific publications.
- This is because the amount of scholarly research papers in India has increased to 1,49,213 papers in 2020 compared to 60,555 papers in 2010.
- Over the past few years, India Patent Office (IPO) has given more patents to scientists – 5,629 patents in 2020-21.
- The National Science Foundation(NSF) of the United States (US) is an Independent Government agency of the US to support research and education in non-medical fields of science and engineering.
- This is mainly due to the increase in scholarly output produced in India.
Question:
Q.1 What is the position of India in Global Scientific Publications?a. 3
b. 7
c. 5
d. 9
