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Reimaginando la formación doctoral en STEM
1Ian Banks is director of Science Policy at the Foundation for American Innovation, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|February 19, 2026
Resumen
El liderazgo de EE. UU. en ciencia está disminuyendo, y China domina ahora las publicaciones de élite. Una revisión significativa del ecosistema científico de EE. UU., incluidos los programas de doctorado en STEM, es crucial para cultivar una fuerza laboral científica calificada.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Política de Ciencia y Tecnología
- Competencia Científica Mundial
- Educación STEM
Sus antecedentes:
- El liderazgo de Estados Unidos en ciencia y tecnología está disminuyendo en medio de la competencia mundial y las tensiones geopolíticas.
- El Nature Index 2025 revela un cambio significativo, con China liderando las publicaciones en revistas científicas de élite (56% en 2024) mientras que la contribución de EE. UU. cayó al 10%.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Destacar la necesidad urgente de remodelar el ecosistema científico de EE. UU.
- Subrayar la importancia de adaptarse al cambiante panorama científico mundial.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de los datos del Nature Index 2025 sobre publicaciones científicas.
- Análisis comparativo de las contribuciones de EE. UU. y China a las revistas científicas de élite a lo largo del tiempo.
Principales resultados:
- La cuota de China en las publicaciones de revistas científicas de élite aumentó al 56% en 2024.
- La cuota de EE. UU. en las publicaciones de revistas científicas de élite cayó al 10% en 2024, un marcado contraste con años anteriores.
Conclusiones:
- El rápido cambio en la producción científica mundial requiere una remodelación del ecosistema científico de EE. UU.
- La creación de nuevas vías para los doctorados en Ciencia, Tecnología, Ingeniería y Matemáticas (STEM) es esencial para cultivar una fuerza laboral científica altamente calificada en EE. UU.
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