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Canada: Quebec's research ambitions

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Some science fields in Canada's second most-populous province are booming; others are stagnating.

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Hoag, H. Canada: Quebec's research ambitions. Nature 471, 125–126 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7336-125a

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