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Switzerland leads WIPO's 2026 Global Innovation Index for a 16th year as global R&D spending climbs toward $3.4 trillion, even as researcher density varies 50-fold by region.

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WIPO's 2026 Global Innovation Index Finds R&D Spending Rising, but Researcher Density Still Differs Nearly 50-Fold by Region

WIPO's 19th Global Innovation Index and new UNESCO research data show global R&D spending climbing, but researcher numbers per capita still differ nearly 50-fold between world regions, with South Asian economies split on where the gaps bite hardest.

EduFabTech · 1h ago · 3 min read

A 76% donut gauge and a lit/dim region tag row (Europe, N. America lit; Latin America dim) illustrate how funder open-access mandates are spreading unevenly across the 26-million-paper dataset.

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Three 2026 Reports Find Research-Funder Open-Access Mandates Spreading, but Adoption Still Splits Sharply by Region

Three 2026 reports — a 26-million-paper bibliometric study, a funder policy survey and a European Commission review — find open-access mand…

EduFabTech · 1d ago · 4 min read