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Growth of the STEM Workforce
To understand these dynamics within the STEM workforce, a subset of workers in S&E occupations... S&E occupations grew from about 1.1 million in 1960 to about 8.6 million in 2019... Workers with their highest degree in an S&E field similarly
August 31, 2021
Where the U.S. STEM Workers Are: 2019
S&E or S&E-related occupations (Figure LBR-2) and are more concentrated... STW were in the Southern and Midwestern states (Figure LBR-E). The concentration of STEM
August 31, 2021
Introduction
Invention, knowledge transfer, and innovation are distinct but interrelated components of a complex system for transforming creativity and knowledge from science and engineering (S&E) into benefits... S&E knowledge
January 15, 2020
International Collaboration in Published Research
International collaborations can build a robust S&E workforce, increase scientific capabilities... Wagner 2018). S&E research has become more global—a trend evidenced... S&E articles produced with international collaboration has grown over time
July 23, 2025
Publication Output, by Region, Country, or Economy
United States, Germany, Japan, and other similar countries) produced 56% of S&E articles in 2018, upper... China and the United States produced the most S&E... Table 5a-1). The top 15 producers of S&E articles have been stable over the last
December 17, 2019
Introduction
and engineering (S&E) ecosystem in a global context. R&D contributes to economic output and productivity... GDP) across economies, and by S&E fields. U.S. R
July 23, 2025
Executive Summary
and engineering (S&E) fields. Funding for life sciences research was the highest among S&E fields across
May 21, 2024
References
and Engineering Research Facilities: Fiscal Year 2017 . Detailed Statistical Tables. Alexandria, VA... Board (NSB), National Science Foundation. 2019. Science and Engineering Labor Force... Higher Education in Science and Engineering. Science and Engineering Indicators 2020 . NSB-2019-7
January 15, 2020
National Trends in K–12 Student Achievement
White, Asian, and Hispanic students. High-SES students had higher scores than low-SES students within all racial and ethnic groups at both grade levels, with score differences... SES families, students
July 08, 2021
International collaboration network analysis for semiconductor research papers, by selected region, country, or economy: 2002–23
S&E fields in Scopus. Whole counting is used in the network analysis.
July 23, 2025
Selected leading regions, countries, or economies with publications with international coauthors: 2002–23
Articles refer to publications from a selection of journals and conference proceedings in S&E from Scopus. Articles are classified by their year of publication and are assigned to a region, country, or economy on the basis of the institutional address(es) of the author(s) listed in the article
July 23, 2025
Institutional collaboration network analysis for AI research papers, by selected region, country, or economy: 2003–22
S&E fields from Scopus that were classified as AI in the All
December 11, 2023
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