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The top cities for research in the Nature Index

A look at the inputs that result in high scientific research outputs.
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  1. Catherine Armitage

    1. Chief editor

What makes a science city, let alone a leading science city? Many factors come to mind, such as a high R&D spend, a concentration of research institutions and specialist science facilities, and an ability to attract global science talent. By our measure, the top science cities are those whose institutions collectively publish the most output in the 82 high-quality journals tracked by the Nature Index. The journals were selected by independent committees of 58 leading natural-sciences researchers, who were asked to nominate the journals in which they would most like to publish their best work. Their deliberations were validated by a survey of more than 6,000 scientists worldwide.

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Nature 585, S49 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02575-z

This article is part of Nature Index 2020 Science cities, an editorially independent supplement produced with the financial support of third parties. About this content.

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