News archive
Career mobility: Researchers change places to progress
1 April 2019
Smriti Mallapaty (Data analysis by Rodrigo Costas Comesana)
Moving countries to further a career in science has its benefits, but it isn’t an option for everyone.
China's Belt and Road Initiative finds new research partners in Europe
11 January 2019
Marijk van der Wende & Robert Tijssen
Smaller member states are the beneficiaries of China's global trade and diplomacy project.
Egypt and Pakistan had highest rise in research output in 2018
27 December 2018
Anita Makri
Global production of scientific papers hit an all-time high this year, estimates show, with emerging economies rising fastest.
How predictable is scientific success?
24 September 2018
Smriti Mallapaty
Even sophisticated, data-driven models of academic careers have trouble forecasting the highs and lows.
Africa should set own standards of research excellence
13 September 2018
Munyaradzi Makoni
'Most highly cited' criterion is not the most appropriate.
Rockefeller tops Leiden university ranking for eighth consecutive year
20 May 2018
Smriti Mallapaty
The small university stands out for its citation impact relative to its size.
Drug research priorities at odds with global disease toll
16 March 2018
Alfredo Yegros et al.
COMMENT: Large pharmaceutical companies do not target their scientific efforts on the deadliest diseases.
‘Bronze’ open access supersedes green and gold
12 March 2018
Jon Brock
Publishers can deny access to the majority of open-access articles at their discretion.
The secrets of Switzerland’s surprisingly high citations success
24 January 2018
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
Small countries have an outsized presence among the scientific elite.
The shifting corporate–academic relationship in pictures
11 December 2017
Smriti Mallapaty
Research partnerships between industry and academia have more than doubled in five years.
