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AI Research Volume by Country 2016-2025
11 Feb 2026 David Watkins

The Great AI Divergence: The East Wins on Volume, But America and Europe Hold the Line on Influence

Whilst China has definitively won the race for the volume of AI research output, the United States, the United Kingdom, and a select tier of "high-efficiency" economies retain a stranglehold …

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11 Feb 2026 Billy Wong

The Intellectual Anchors

Beyond narrow citation counts, universities must focus on Research Gravitas. This new metric measures a journal's structural importance for long-term institutional authority.

echo chamber vs reach
09 Feb 2026 Billy Wong

The Reach Factor: Are You Trapped in an Echo Chamber?

Traditional research metrics often create an 'Echo Chamber,' limiting global influence. This article introduces 'Diversity of Citing Institutions,' a critical new metric for broadening your institution's reach..

Fortress vs Agora
04 Feb 2026 Billy Wong

The Fortress vs The Agora - Where Should Developing Economies Compete?

Is your publishing strategy failing? This new framework, The Fortress vs The Agora, reveals where developing economies should compete for global prestige

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03 Feb 2026 David Watkins

India Arab Growing Research Collaboration

Forging the Future: The Deepening Academic Partnership Between India and the Arab World

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14 Jan 2026 Billy Wong

Research Gravitas: A PageRank-Based Measure of Academic Influence

Research Gravitas is a new graph-based metric that solves the fundamental flaw of equal-weighted citation metrics like h-index.