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SUMMARY:Talk 6 - Scientific Cooperation and Vaccine Distribution by China 
 around the COVID-19 Crisis - Caroline Wagner (Ohio State University)\, Mac
  Lang (Ohio State University)
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DESCRIPTION:The appearance of a novel coronavirus in late 2019 radically c
 hanged the community of researchers working on coronaviruses since the 200
 2 SARS epidemic and international connections. In 2020\, coronavirus-relat
 ed publications grew by 20 times over the previous two years\, with 130\,0
 00 more researchers publishing on related topics. The United States\, the 
 United Kingdom and China led dozens of nations working on coronavirus prio
 r to the pandemic\, but leadership consolidated among these three nations 
 in 2020\, which collectively accounted for 50% of all papers\, garnering w
 ell more than 60% of citations. China took an early lead on COVID-19 resea
 rch\, but dropped rapidly in production and international participation th
 rough the year. Europe showed an opposite pattern\, beginning slowly in pu
 blications but growing in contributions during the year. The share of inte
 rnationally collaborative publications dropped from pre-pandemic rates\; s
 ingle-authored publications grew. For all nations\, including China\, the 
 number of publications about COVID track closely with the outbreak of COVI
 D-19 cases. Lower-income nations participate very little in COVID-19 resea
 rch in 2020. Subsequent reviews of China&rsquo\;s distribution of its dome
 stically created vaccine show patterns of distribution more consistent wit
 h political interests than with scientific or humanitarian ones.
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