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Results for 'Research publishing and publications'

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  Pursuing outside career avenues is no impediment to doctoral goals

  Professional development work can complement and improve academic outcomes, study finds. 
  

  • Andy Tay

  News 31 Aug 2021
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  Google Scholar reveals its most influential papers for 2021

  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.

  
  

  • Bec Crew

  Listings 24 Aug 2021
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  Future proofing research resilience

  As scientific efforts resume, infrastructure and process solutions forged during the pandemic are being honed and expanded.
  

  • Chris Woolston

  News 24 Aug 2021
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  AI writing tools promise faster manuscripts for researchers

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

  • Andy Tay

  News 17 Aug 2021
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  The challenge of leading interdisciplinary research projects

  Consensus is not always possible.
  

  • Shipra Jain

  News 17 Aug 2021
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  How to write an abstract that stands out

  A well-written abstract helps to attract readership.
  

  • Andy Tay

  News 10 Aug 2021
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  Scientists at odds on Utrecht University reforms to hiring and promotion criteria

  Not everyone wants to let the journal impact factor go.
  

  • Dalmeet Singh Chawla

  News 9 Aug 2021
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  A new form of CV for researchers

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

  • Anthea Lacchia

  News 3 Aug 2021
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  Editors give green light to patients co-authoring manuscripts

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

  • Dalmeet Singh Chawla

  News 27 Jul 2021
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  The 5 most popular scientific papers of April 2021 in the Nature Index journals

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

  • Bec Crew

  Listings 20 Jul 2021
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  High-performing places in the materials world

  Four heavyweights and a rising star, in highlights.
  

  • Tanner Maxwell et al.

  Dataviz 5 Jul 2021
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  Makers and shakers

  Three researchers making a material difference.
  

  • Catherine Armitage, Sandy Ong & Sian Powell

  News feature 5 Jul 2021
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  Materials science shows strength

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

  • Catherine Armitage

  Comment 5 Jul 2021
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  Ferroelectric materials prompt a rethink of matter

  Surprising qualities point to next-generation electronics.
  

  • Chris Woolston

  News feature 5 Jul 2021
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  High-entropy alloys expand their range

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

  • Neil Savage

  News feature 5 Jul 2021
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  How nanotechnology can flick the immunity switch

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

  • Bianca Nogrady

  News feature 5 Jul 2021
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  Machines learn to unearth new materials

  Materials genome initiatives sift big data.
  

  • Neil Savage

  Technology feature 5 Jul 2021
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  Birds of paradise reveal a dark secret

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

  • Katharine Sanderson

  News 5 Jul 2021
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  The 5 most popular scientific papers of March 2021 in the Nature Index journals

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

  • Bec Crew

  Listings 28 Jun 2021
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  Five online tools that aim to save researchers time and trouble

  From investigating a lab’s publication history to scanning manuscripts for statistical errors, these apps can help streamline some of the most time-consuming tasks.
  

  • Dalmeet Singh Chawla

  Technology feature 23 Jun 2021