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Publishers, reviewers and other members of the scientific community must fight science’s preference for positive results — for the benefit of all, says Devang Mehta.

How to build productive long-distance relationships.

Out of step with international norms. 

Playing to their strengths. 

Megajournal editors under the microscope.

Visualizing what growth looks like.

Just how deep is this time and money sinkhole?

Regarding publication as only one part of a long-term and cumulative communication campaign is integral to achieving impact.

The top paper had a slick social media campaign.

Capturing movement on a grand scale.

Citizen science has the potential to reduce data dishonesty.

These are the ones to watch.

Creativity isn't the only route to discovery – automated analysis of huge amounts of data works, too.

Visualizing a grim outlook.

A guideline to boost transparency is being updated.

Citation of Italian-authored papers by Italian researchers rose after the introduction of metrics-based thresholds for promotions.

Stick with who you don't know. 

These academic institutions in the US made the biggest contributions to the discipline in the Nature Index.

A new publishing standard should be introduced to weed out unscrupulous research journals.

The Institute for Basic Science has been rocked by accusations of financial mismanagement over the past year.