Germany to reach Barcelona R&D spending target. - According to the most recent report by the Observatoire des sciences et des techniques (OST), Germany and the United Kingdom are the most active research countries in Europe and accounted for a 5.7% global share of scientific publications (in 2008). They are ahead of France (4.2%) and Italy (3.6%). The US is still the uncontested leader in its field (24.4%), followed by China (8.8%) and Japan (6.8%). In terms of R&D spending, China is now in...