哪个国家有资格能称拥有最好的科学纪录？英国政府的首席科学顾问罗伯特·梅认为，这个问题得看你如何来衡量。上周的《科学》杂志发表了梅的一份分析报告，这份报告表明，英国、加拿大、瑞士和美国都有资格自称在“科学奥林匹克”金牌榜上占有一席之地。梅编制了一系列研究图表 Which country is eligible to claim the best scientific record? Robert May, chief scientific adviser to the British government, thinks the question depends on how you measure it. Last week's Science magazine published an analysis of May's report showing that Britain, Canada, Switzerland and the United States are both entitled to claim a place on the “Science Olympics” gold medal list. Mei compiled a series of research charts