India culls 4,305 dubious journals from approved list The higher-education advisory agency is cleaning up its registry of approved journals, but academics say the list should be abolished. News 3 May 2018
Science in North Korea: How easing the nuclear stand-off might bolster research The isolated nation publishes fewer than 100 scholarly articles a year — but as political tensions thaw, researchers hope for greater collaboration. Richard Van Noorden 2 May 2018
Q&A Felicitas Hesselmann: Vague and varied retractions point to weakness in the scientific community The scientific method is not applied in dealing with aberrant research behaviour. Q&A 1 May 2018
Ten reasons to share your data Making data available to the larger scientific community has many benefits. Amanda S. Barnard Comment 27 Apr 2018
April publishing lull follows end-of-year academic flurry Workloads influence when authors submit papers to journals. Gemma Conroy News 26 Apr 2018
Japan faces down disaster An institute’s work on warning and mitigation systems for catastrophic events is a national priority. Tim Hornyak 24 Apr 2018
Osaka hastens industry partnerships Osaka University bets on commercial-academic collaborations to survive. Ichiko Fuyuno News 23 Apr 2018
Science must rise up to support people like me Institutions could do more to support researchers who have disabilities, says Aaron Schaal. Aaron Schaal 20 Apr 2018
Q&A Trish Greenhalgh: Linear impact narratives encourage easy science The REF’s approach to impact incentivizes research that can be obviously linked to outcomes. Q&A 19 Apr 2018
Pillars of a smart society: From blockchain to surgical robots Across the scientific fields, Japanese researchers are bringing together the virtual and real worlds. 18 Apr 2018
Adjusted metric explainer The new metric will account for annual global changes in the Nature Index corpus. News 17 Apr 2018
Applied Physics Letters publishes ‘fewer, but better’ articles Noted journal among several reducing article counts in a competitive market. News 17 Apr 2018
Japan bets on science diplomacy International collaborations are rising, but not enough to put Japan on the global researcher circuit. Daniel Hurst News feature 16 Apr 2018
Scientists hit the streets to command policy-makers’ attention A survey of Canadian scientists finds that evidence-based policy is a top priority. John C. Besley & Kathryn O’Hara Comment 14 Apr 2018
Keep predators out with a low-spam diet Clever email strategies can help fight the scourge of academic inboxes. Jeffrey Perkel Technology feature 13 Apr 2018
Scientists go to great lengths in reviewing high-quality research An analysis of review length raises questions about what quantity means for quality. Gemma Conroy News 11 Apr 2018
AI engineers, data scientists - Japan needs you Japan's vision of a high-tech, 'super-smart' society relies on sustained investment to arrest scientific decline. Tim Hornyak News 10 Apr 2018
Indian university rankings inherently inconsistent Anomalies in the third national assessment of Indian institutions intensify criticisms of linking the exercise to funding. Thomas Manuel News 9 Apr 2018
Japanese institutions resist reform Efforts to improve Japan's scientific status include top-down institutional change, but tradition is hard to break. Ichiko Fuyuno News feature 6 Apr 2018
How researchers are ensuring that their work has an impact Finding purpose and meaning in the lab. Jack Leeming 5 Apr 2018