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Although the United States maintains a steady lead, Chinese cities are on the rise.

But Chinese cities are quickly rising, thanks to significant government investment and targeted legislation.

Impressive year-on-year growth has seen smaller hubs climb the list — but eyes remain on Beijing.

The policy has boosted tech transfer and economic growth in some regions, but challenges remain around innovation in key technologies.

The country’s research progress means its cities might lead in all Nature Index subjects within a decade.

European cities make their mark while the United States extends its lead.

The country’s rising players outperform US cities in year-on-year growth.

Although Beijing has solidified its top spot in the standings, the country’s regional cities are ones to watch.

As the country forges global partnerships to boost its space ambitions, concerns mount over funding and private-sector support.

The largest scholarly search engine is celebrating its 20th birthday, but AI-driven competitors offer advantages.

The nation’s unique geographical and geopolitical position makes it an ideal candidate to help low-income countries to realize their potential.

At major computer-science publication venues, up to 17% of the peer reviews are now written by artificial intelligence. We need guidelines before things get out of hand.

A hefty paper published in Nature has raised the question of whether data-dense research tomes can still be digestible.

A new way to explore trends in the database reveals the fields where researchers are publishing.

Before our change in focus, we were researchers of teaching and nanotechnology, say Yana Suchikova and Natalia Tsybuliak.

Speakers at a conference for research managers stressed the importance of enshrining Indigenous rights in contracts and agreements.

This year's pivotal election will shape the future of US science. Rising international competition and domestic concerns are also at play.

Scitility’s tool ‘Argos’ identifies work whose authors have a record of misconduct.

Initially concerned about receiving the kind of backlash that Jeffrey Beall got for his list of predatory publishers, a computer scientist has now decided to put his name on his work.

An analysis of tens of millions of papers shows which fields have embraced AI tools with enthusiasm — and which have been slower.