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Amid chaos in US science and geopolitical turmoil, Europe wants to position itself as a research haven — but questions about funding and innovation remain.

The free platform, called Journal Trends, could also allow integrity sleuths to spot low-quality publications.

Japan and South Korea are challenging Western peers in a shifting research landscape.

For the first time in a decade, the US university has lost its top position in the academic rankings, usurped by a Chinese institution.

The database has added publications from the applied and social sciences, while subjects will now be assigned by research article, not journal. 

Scientists with disparate expertise writing grants together can identify knowledge gaps and drive progress — but systems must change to incentivize them.

From 2016 to 2020, almost one-third of papers by authors in China had multiple corresponding authors — but policy reforms are expected to have dampened the trend.

Women’s participation in science has risen sharply, but a Nature Index analysis finds that gender gaps in first and last authorship — markers of key scientific achievements — have barely shifted over the past decade.

A breakdown of leading countries and institutions highlights China’s dominance in the field.

China now produces more than three times the United States’ chemistry output in the Nature Index, underscoring its rapidly growing influence in the field.

As the toxic legacy of ‘forever chemicals’ grows, researchers are racing to develop safer alternatives.

From improving battery technology to speeding up reaction times, these innovative scientists are making their mark.

US and Chinese institutions are the leaders of this health-sciences field.

An analysis of 97 million citations has found that rates of fabricated citations have climbed steeply since 2023.

Repositories are adapting in response to AI-generated content and junk science, leading some people to question how much moderation is too much.

The nation’s top-down approach contrasts with that of countries such as the United States, where market forces drive innovation.

Researchers mined the online encyclopedia to find the innovations that are gaining momentum fastest in science and industry.

Funding worries and publishing trends loom large in the minds of scientists surveyed by Nature Index.

A breakdown of publications in the database also reveals the cancer types with the highest output.

Denmark and South Korea stand out for their strong cancer strategies while England seeks to get back on track.