Higher education and economic competitiveness / Jason E. Lane -- The diversity of university economic development activities and issues of impact measurement / Thomas Gais and David Wright -- Pitfalls of traditional measures of higher education's role in economic development / Peter McHenry,...

This study evaluates the research productivity of universities and research institutes in Asia based on publications in Science and Nature . We find that Chinese institutions dominate the league. The recent rise of China is largely attributed to international collaboration with prominent U.S....