quality over quantity

It has come to light that, since the 1990's, science and engineering research in the US has plateaued. Apparently, overseas research has been enjoying a rapid increase in publications. However, the silver lining is that citations of US publications has increased such that Americans are more cited than anyone else. This seems to me to be an issue of quantity versus quality. We may have plateaued in terms of quantity (though of course, there is a rise in PhDs granted) but we have steadily increased in quality of publications. Some day, I'll do my part to help that plateau as well.