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Early clinical observations of COVID-19 and its mortality risk factors among the most cited output, while a five-year-old AI paper continues to command attention.

Automation brings plagiarism risks, and software still needs human input for analysis and narrative.

Consensus is not always possible.

A well-written abstract helps to attract readership.

Not everyone wants to let the journal impact factor go.

Practical strategies for successful knowledge exchange between scientists or research institutions and decision-makers. 

Another step away from narrow, biased measures of success in science.

But work must be done to ensure that patients feel accepted by the research community.

Vaccine efficacy against new COVID-19 strains and the possibility of learning during lucid dreaming feature in these widely discussed studies.

Globalized higher education requires fresh cross-cultural approaches.

Researchers can access training programmes and other resources in pursuit of a diplomacy role.

Materials genome initiatives sift big data.

Four heavyweights and a rising star, in highlights.

Three researchers making a material difference.

Stuff of hope in the search for solutions to intractable problems.

New metal mixes create more efficient catalysts and better jet engines.

Super-black feathers at the interface of biology, photonics and materials science.

Surprising qualities point to next-generation electronics.

Nano immuno-engineering shows promise against autoimmune conditions, cancer and allergies.

A self-decapitating sea slug and strategies for mitigating wildlife predation by house cats feature in these widely discussed studies.