These 10 institutions published the most papers in Nature and Science in 2018 From CRISPR to CLARITY, here are some of the most high-profile studies. Gemma Conroy, Bec Crew Listings 3 Sep 2019
Desperately seeking scientists When so many email addresses on journal articles don’t work, we have a problem. Jeffrey M. Perkel News 12 Aug 2019
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
The top 5 most talked-about studies of April The fall of insects, the rise of zombie brains, and the catalysts of political unrest dominated the conversation around April's research offerings. Bec Crew Listings 29 May 2019
What bioRxiv’s first 30,000 preprints reveal about biologists More than 1 million studies are now downloaded from the site every month, mostly in neuroscience, bioinformatics and genomics. Joshua Rapp Learn 24 Jan 2019
High-profile journals put to reproducibility test Researchers replicated 62% of social-behaviour findings published in Science and Nature — a result matched almost exactly by a prediction market. Philip Ball 30 Aug 2018
How freely should scientists share their data? The Open Science movement champions transparency, but how much and how quickly is a matter of dispute. Daniel Barron News 16 Aug 2018
Gravitational pull Interdisciplinary encounters across the geosciences are yielding new insights into the workings of Earth and beyond. Sarah DeWeerdt News 3 Aug 2018
Q&A Karen Seto: Paving the way to an urban future The scale of growth in cities challenges scientists and policy-makers. Catherine Armitage 20 Jul 2018
2018 Annual Tables: Tsinghua joins elite group of research universities Two Beijing-based universities are among the top 10 academic institutions in the Nature Index. Listings 7 Jun 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
Why we left academia: Corporate scientists reveal their motives Five scientists discuss the reasons they moved to an industry lab. Elie Dolgin Comment 28 Dec 2017
Historic co-authorships speed up editor handling times Journal editors tend to accept manuscripts written by prior collaborators more quickly. Anthea Lacchia News 24 Apr 2017
Partnerships between US and Chinese scientists surge Research partnerships between the two superpowers outnumber all other international pairings. Sujata Gupta News feature 18 Nov 2016
