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Results for 'Max Planck Society'

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  Top 5 NGOs for scientific research in 2018

  These organizations are the most prolific in high-quality research.

  • Bec Crew

  Listings 13 Aug 2019
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  The top 10 countries for scientific research in 2018

  These countries were the year's largest contributors to papers published in the past year in the 82 leading journals tracked by the Nature Index.
  

  • Bec Crew

  Listings 1 Jul 2019
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  The top 10 countries that dominate natural sciences research

  The United States reigns as the colossus but China is taking up ever more space, squeezing out European stalwarts.

  
  

  • Nature Index

  Listings 1 Jul 2019
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  The top 10 research institutions for 2018

  These institutions were the largest contributors to papers published in the past year in the 82 leading journals tracked by the Nature Index.
  

  • Nature Index

  Listings 20 Jun 2019
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  The top 10 institutions for chemistry in 2018

  These 10 institutions in the Nature Index were the largest contributors to chemistry papers published in 82 leading journals in 2018.
  

  • Nature Index

  Listings 20 Jun 2019
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  The top 10 institutions for physical sciences in 2018

  These institutions were the largest contributors to physical-science papers for 2018 published in the 82 leading journals tracked by the Nature Index.

  • Nature Index

  Listings 20 Jun 2019
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  The top 10 institutions for life sciences in 2018

  These institutions were the largest contributors to life-sciences papers published in the 82 leading journals tracked by the Nature Index in 2018.
  

  • Nature Index

  Listings 20 Jun 2019
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  Science cities: A European heavyweight

  A rich research network has secured Munich’s position as a centre of science in Europe.
  

  • Hristio Boytchev

  News feature 27 Nov 2018
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  Europe pulls together in scientific union

  Smaller countries rely more on regional collaborations than on domestic interaction.  

  • Catherine Armitage

  News feature 9 Aug 2018
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  10 institutions that dominated science in 2017

  These top 10 institutions in the Nature Index were the largest contributors to papers published in 82 leading journals in the past year.
  

  • Gemma Conroy

  12 Jun 2018
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  Citation analysis reveals the game changers

  A study identifies papers that stand the test of time.
  

  • Gemma Conroy

  News 29 May 2018
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  What’s wrong with the journal impact factor in 5 graphs

  Scholars love to hate the journal impact factor, but how flawed is it?
  

  • Dalmeet Singh Chawla

  Explainer 3 Apr 2018
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  The perils of perpetuating postcolonial biases in research

  A proliferation of partnerships between academics and development practitioners pose ethical and practical concerns.
  

  • Munyaradzi Makoni

  News 5 Feb 2018
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  A fix for open-access cost barriers

  What if it was funders and libraries instead of authors who paid processing fees?

  • Elie Dolgin

  News 6 Dec 2017
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  Far-flung and thriving: prime time for Okinawa’s grand experiment

  Japan's gambit to globalize its scientific research is paying dividends. 

  • Tim Hornyak

  News 16 May 2017
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  How researchers discovered phytoplankton are warming the Arctic

  In climate modelling, one of the biggest impacts has the smallest of beginnings.

  • Mark Zastrow

  News 23 May 2016
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  Max Planck's other legacy

  The Max Planck Society’s pursuit of knowledge over application has helped the NGO top the Nature Index ranking for non-government research organisations.

  • James Mitchell Crow

  News 2 May 2016
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  Top research institutes in chemistry in 2015

  National research organisations take the top three spots in the latest Nature Index chemistry research rankings.

  • James Mitchell Crow

  Listings 27 Apr 2016
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  Ten institutions that dominated science in 2015

  The top 10 institutions in the Nature Index are the largest contributors to papers published in 68 leading journals in 2015

  • Sarah O'Meara

  Listings 20 Apr 2016