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20 May 2023 | Open Access

Harnessing big data for health equity through a comprehensive public database and data collection framework
- Cameron Sabet
- , Alessandro Hammond
- & Fatima Cody Stanford
npj Digital Medicine 6, 91
Research
19 April 2023 | Open Access

The BlueBio project’s database: web-mapping cooperation to create value for the Blue Bioeconomy
- Anna Nora Tassetti
- , Carmen Ferrà
- & Gianna Fabi
Scientific Data 10, 222
Research | 12 September 2022

Energy innovation funding and institutions in major economies

Public funding and institutions for energy innovation are critical to achieving climate goals, but our understanding of their evolution, variation and drivers is limited. Meckling et al. compile funding and institutional data across major economies and examine how they changed after the financial crisis, Mission Innovation and expanded competition with China.
- Jonas Meckling
- , Clara Galeazzi
- & Laura Diaz Anadon
Nature Energy 7, 876-885
Research | 07 July 2022

Public use and public funding of science

Studying production, funding and consumption of science, the authors find a strong alignment between what the public consumes and what is impactful, as well as an alignment between funding and collective public use.
- Yian Yin
- , Yuxiao Dong
- & Benjamin F. Jones
Nature Human Behaviour 6, 1344-1350
Research
05 October 2021 | Open Access

Systematic review and meta-analyses of studies analysing instructions to authors from 1987 to 2017

Publishers’ policies have the capability to increase transparency in scholarly literature. Malički and colleagues carried out a systematic review of over 150 studies that have examined scholarly journals’ recommendations. They find that requirements in terms of authorship, conflict of interests, data sharing, funding disclosure or ethics approval declaration vary greatly over time, among journals and across disciplines.
- Mario Malički
- , Ana Jerončić
- & Gerben ter Riet
Nature Communications 12, 5840
Research
08 June 2021 | Open Access

Two decades of neuroscience publication trends in Africa

Here, the authors survey neuroscience publications from Africa over the past two decades, highlighting areas of active research, international networks, funding, and techniques used.
- M. B. Maina
- , U. Ahmad
- & T. Baden
Nature Communications 12, 3429

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News and Comment

News | 22 May 2023

How the US debt-ceiling crisis could cost science for years to come

Investments in research and development are likely to drop — even if the worst-case scenario is avoided.
- Jeff Tollefson
Nature
Correspondence | 17 May 2023

UK PhD students’ call to action amid the cost-of-living crisis
- Emma R. Francis
- & Hannah D. Franklin
Nature Human Behaviour, 1-2
Editorial | 16 May 2023

Research assessment exercises are necessary — but we need to learn to do them better

Australia is overhauling its research evaluation system — an opportunity for it, and other countries, to review what makes a system work for everyone.

Nature 617, 437
News | 08 May 2023

NIH reinstates grant for controversial coronavirus research

EcoHealth Alliance lost funding during the Trump administration, but can now proceed with its research — under extensive restrictions.
- Max Kozlov
Nature 617, 449
News | 03 May 2023

Menopause and women’s health: why science needs to catch up

A focus on women’s health research, and the star caught in the act of devouring a planet.
- Nick Petrić Howe
- & Shamini Bundell
Nature
News | 03 May 2023

How menopause reshapes the brain

Researchers are starting to learn how the early stages of menopause affect brain health — and what that could mean for treatment.
- Heidi Ledford
Nature 617, 25-27