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A new paper by Ioannidis & Baas highlights an uncomfortable shift: most scientific publications today come from countries that are not full democracies and have limited press freedom. In 2006, about two-thirds of global science was produced in full democracies. In 2024 – only 22%.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41073-026-00190-6
Even more striking – 78% of publications come from countries with problematic press freedom, and there is no link between democracy and scientific productivity.
OpenAIRE
Inkican
Scientia
Serhii Nazarovets
