Simon Marginson writes about the globalization of research science in Inside Higher Ed, highlighting trends underlined in a recent report from the U.S. National Science Foundation, Science and Engineering Indicators 2014. According to the report, expenditure has risen sharply in East Asia and is producing results in countries like China that are beginning to rival that of the United States, while also fostering transpacific scientific cooperation. "But the fastest-growing science system is that of Iran," writes Marginson.