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Predicting your future h-index

Study aims to forecast success.

Hepeng Jia | 23 September 2020

Three reasons to share your research failures

There’s a new journal for that. 

Gemma Conroy | 22 September 2020

Women have disrupted research on bird song, and show how diversity can improve all fields of science

For decades, scientists believed that only male birds sang. Then women entered the field and showed what their predecessors had missed.

Kevin Omland, Evangeline Rose & Karan Odom | 16 September 2020

How early-career researchers can avoid ethical ‘grey areas’

Here are four ways to keep on track.

Gemma Conroy | 10 September 2020

Science is getting harder to read

From obscure acronyms to unnecessary jargon, research papers are increasingly impenetrable – even for scientists.

Dalmeet Singh Chawla | 10 September 2020

The idea that a scientific theory can be ‘falsified’ is a myth

It's time we abandoned the notion.

Mano Singham | 10 September 2020

This scientist read a paper every day for 899 days. Here’s what she learned

Olivia Rissland says reading a different paper every day has made her a better scientist.

Natalie Parletta | 8 September 2020

How to spot dubious claims in scientific papers

Statistics are easily manipulated. Here are four red flags. 

Gemma Conroy | 8 September 2020

COVID-19 research update: How many pandemic papers have been published?

A briefing on developments in coronavirus research publishing.

Nature Index | 28 August 2020
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