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The work of female researchers has a broader impact than citation analysis suggests, but not in India.

One of the year’s hottest papers shows online story-tellers are lukewarm when it comes to truth.

Global production of scientific papers hit an all-time high this year, estimates show, with emerging economies rising fastest.

Few Chinese researchers are regarded as global leaders, as the pressure for rapid output prevails.

A new microscope allows researchers to track single cells in developing embryos, forward and backward in time.

A permissive regulatory climate and a pragmatic approach has seen China’s bioscience sector soar.

Studies to improve the productivity, resistance and taste of rice crops are central to China’s commanding position in plant biology.

To become a world-leading scientific nation in every sense, China needs to close the quality gap.

A hive of innovation, Wuhan has stormed up the Nature Index, but competition for talent is heating up.

Research is elucidating a complicated phenomenon.

A rich research network has secured Munich’s position as a centre of science in Europe.

Public involvement in science has citation benefits, but these are often fleeting.

A massive collection of sea creatures turns out to be a gold mine of research opportunities.

Scientific innovation has long powered the San Francisco Bay Area’s economy, but community and political challenges could undermine progress.

Global survey finds that unclear publishing policies place an additional burden on many scientists who don’t speak English as a first language.

Businesses spent a small, but growing, amount of their R&D budgets on basic science.

The growing contribution of second-tier cities is narrowing the gap in research production.

The Latin American hub carries the scientific weight of a financially stricken country.

Africa’s science star is confronting its colonial past to set a more inclusive research scene, benefitting more of its citizens.

Logging hypotheses and protocols before performing research seems to work as intended: to reduce publication bias for positive results.