Mapping The World's Top 50 Science And Technology Hubs

02-19-2024 • https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden

This map, via Visual Capitalist's Niccolo Conte, explores the world's top 50 science and technology hubs leading these innovations based on data from the Global Innovation Index 2023. Hubs were ranked by their combined share of international patent applications and scientific publications.

East Asia Dominance in S&T

The world's five most significant science and technology hubs are in East Asia.

The top-ranked Tokyo-Yokohama cluster made up just over 10% of all patent applications between 2018-2022.

Cluster Country/Economy Patent Applications Scientific Publications

Tokyo-Yokohama	???????? Japan	127,418	115,020
Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou	????????/???????? China/Hong Kong	113,482	153,180
Seoul	???????? South Korea	63,447	133,604
Beijing	???????? China	38,067	279,485
Shanghai-Suzhou	???????? China	32,924	162,635
San Jose-San Francisco	???????? U.S.	47,269	58,575
Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto	???????? Japan	38,413	51,948
Boston-Cambridge	???????? U.S.	18,184	76,378
San Diego	???????? U.S.	23,261	20,928
New York City	???????? U.S.	13,838	74,849
Nanjing	???????? China	7,143	113,488
Paris	???????? France	15,176	61,692
Wuhan	???????? China	6,250	89,756
Hangzhou	???????? China	10,755	62,924
Nagoya	???????? Japan	17,736	16,091