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  • Nature Index |

    More money is being spent on medical R&D than ever before, but with few new drugs to show for it.

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    Good science is not limited to wealthy countries and research in the global south is too often ignored, to the detriment of innovation and discovery everywhere.

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  • Nature Index |

    Institutions in major cities can play a crucial role in helping rural areas build resilience in the face of climate change and other global challenges.

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  • Nature Index |

    China’s rapid rise in the Nature Index is unparalleled, but where does it go to from here?

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  • Nature Index |

    Climate and conservation scientists are bringing real progress to the fight against global warming, despite political and funding obstacles.

  • Nature Index |

    A cornerstone of scientific activity in many countries, cancer research is producing game-changing work for universal gain.

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  • Nature Index |

    China has surpassed the United States to become the leading nation in the Nature Index.

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  • Nature Index |

    The Nature Index 2023 Annual Tables highlight the most prolific institutions and countries in high-quality research publishing for the year 2022. For the first time, they track output in high-quality medical journals in addition to four natural-science categories.

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    Japan is the world’s third largest economy, but for years now it has lagged in science and research compared to smaller economies such as Germany and the United Kingdom.

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  • Nature Index |

    Gene therapy – the science of substituting faulty or missing genes for functioning versions to prevent genetic diseases – has been in and out of fashion for decades.

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  • Nature Index |

    Innovation – the practice of turning cutting edge basic research into inventions with real world application – is the driver of knowledge economies.

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  • Nature Index |

    This Index looks at the policy, politics and science behind the world’s leading cities for output of high quality research.

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