I believe these statistics come from the report released this past March by The Royal Society (UK), especially page 43:
While this looks bad for the US, it's mostly a matter of other countries (especially China) catching up:
It's not a bad thing (for the US) just because China will soon publish the same number of papers as the US -- a rising tide lifts all boats -- or that other countries are 'catching up.'
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