Lox has a friend who likes to exaggerate a wee bit.

Production of Scientific Research papers:
1. U. S. A.
2. China
3. Japan and U. K. about tied.
http://www.scidev.net/en/news/china-ranks-second-in-st-publication-rates.html

"Chinese scientists published 172,000 papers in major international journals and meetings in 2006, accounting for 8.4 per cent of the world's total."

Brazil and India are increasingly important in publishing scientific material.

Becoming too much to comprehend, even with the various indexing materials.