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When is a scientific collaboration unfair?

A study enlists the h-index to try to find out why some research partnerships fizzle.

Gemma Conroy | 10 July 2020

Probe into leaked papers submitted to leading engineering conference

Confidential paper trail surfaces online in connection with “tragic situation” of PhD student Huixiang Chen's suicide.

Dalmeet Singh Chawla | 9 July 2020

Work hack: Why Mark Carrigan loves Ulysses

In this series, researchers tell us about the tools and techniques that make their work easier. Here a sociologist describes his favourite place for scribbled notes, student assessment, and long-form writing.

Bec Crew | 7 July 2020
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Coronavirus research publishing: 10 universities with the highest number of COVID-19 publications

An update of the latest COVID-19 publication metrics.

Nature Index | 7 July 2020

Behind the Johns Hopkins University coronavirus dashboard

How a spur-of-the-moment decision went viral.

Jeffrey M. Perkel | 7 April 2020
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Listings

The 5 most popular scientific papers of April 2020 in the Nature Index journals

A colossal sea beast and a swampy rainforest at the South Pole feature in some of the stand-out papers from April.

Bec Crew | 2 July 2020

The 5 most popular scientific papers of May 2020 in the Nature Index journals

COVID-19 vaccine hopes, and the environmental effects of the pandemic.

Bec Crew | 25 June 2020
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Q&A

Warning over coronavirus and predatory journals

Epidemiologists, virologists can expect to be targeted. Here's what to watch out for.

Dalmeet Singh Chawla | 23 June 2020

The 10 most common mistakes with statistics, and how to avoid them

Significant results are not the only goal.

Gemma Conroy | 11 November 2019
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Comment

A leading textbook author explains how he did it

A lot of hard work, and an unconventional approach.

Liqun Luo | 12 June 2020

Beat the working-from-home blues

Four tips to help researchers stay productive in the pandemic.

Ruth Gotian | 2 June 2020
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Technology

How to translate English preprints into more than 100 languages

This free tool allows users to read preprints in any of the 104 languages recognized by Google Translate.

Jeffrey M. Perkel | 6 March 2020

Just say "no" to manels

There’s an app for that. 

Jeffrey Perkel | 7 February 2020
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Dataviz

This interactive map reveals which journals cite each other the most

Capturing the exchange of ideas.

Gemma Conroy | 14 February 2020

Scientists are curious and passionate and ready to argue

A robot career adviser’s personality assessment, based on analysis of tweets.

Catherine Armitage | 12 February 2020
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Careers

Scientists reveal weirdest things they’ve done in the name of science

From sending cakes into space to filling their refrigerators with cat poo, scientists detail the bizarre lengths they’ve gone to in the pursuit of research.

John Pickrell | 19 November 2019
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