# And the Winner of the Research Games is...

Okay, there are no "winners" in research. Although research can be hyper-competitive like sports, they have very different goals. The information presented here gives a very superficial overview as to how countries would fare if research were an academic sport. Measuring research in terms of "products" may be problematic for many reasons, especially given that understanding and using research is far more complex than individual metrics like counting publications. As they say around the office: "Science is for the surprises, not the prizes."
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