Decline in U.S. research publications?

["Joseph J. Esposito" <espositoj@gmail.com>]

Interesting article in "Inside Higher Ed" 
(http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/07/20/plateau) on the 
decline of research publications by U.S. researchers.  The 
important finding is that the decline is in absolute numbers, not 
just in terms of market share.  The article contains links to the 
underlying studies.

> From the article:
"What the studies found, however, was that besides the well-known 
decrease in the relative share of journal articles originating 
from the United States, there was a slowdown in absolute numbers 
as well. This "plateau," as the reports call it, began in the 
early 1990s and stands in marked contrast to at least the two 
previous decades' worth of American research."

Joe Esposito