Citation analysis reveals the game changers A study identifies papers that stand the test of time. Gemma Conroy News 29 May 2018
Q&A Mary Frank Fox: Time to ditch the leaky pipeline model Policies should account for the institutional factors that discriminate against women. Q&A 25 May 2018
Rockefeller tops Leiden university ranking for eighth consecutive year The small university stands out for its citation impact relative to its size. 20 May 2018
Wikipedia’s top-cited scholarly articles — revealed Gene collections and astronomy studies dominate the list of the most-cited publications with DOIs on the popular online encyclopaedia. Giorgia Guglielmi 16 May 2018
Cancer funding in the UK fits global pattern of gender bias Women receive fewer and smaller grants across the world. News 15 May 2018
Open-access model is a return to the origins of journal publishing Until recently, many university and society journals operated at a loss, says Gavin Moodie. Gavin Moodie Comment 11 May 2018
UK challenges US in Nobel dominance A per-capita analysis of physics, chemistry and medicine laureates since the turn of the century reveals the United Kingdom as the most prolific nation. News 9 May 2018
Science in North Korea: How easing the nuclear stand-off might bolster research The isolated nation publishes fewer than 100 scholarly articles a year — but as political tensions thaw, researchers hope for greater collaboration. Richard Van Noorden 2 May 2018
Q&A Felicitas Hesselmann: Vague and varied retractions point to weakness in the scientific community The scientific method is not applied in dealing with aberrant research behaviour. Q&A 1 May 2018
Pillars of a smart society: From blockchain to surgical robots Across the scientific fields, Japanese researchers are bringing together the virtual and real worlds. 18 Apr 2018
Adjusted metric explainer The new metric will account for annual global changes in the Nature Index corpus. News 17 Apr 2018
Applied Physics Letters publishes ‘fewer, but better’ articles Noted journal among several reducing article counts in a competitive market. News 17 Apr 2018
Japan bets on science diplomacy International collaborations are rising, but not enough to put Japan on the global researcher circuit. Daniel Hurst News feature 16 Apr 2018
AI engineers, data scientists - Japan needs you Japan's vision of a high-tech, 'super-smart' society relies on sustained investment to arrest scientific decline. Tim Hornyak News 10 Apr 2018
It’s time for the US to get serious about funding open access University of California libraries tackle the transition from subscription-based publishing to sustainable open access. Rachael Samberg et al. Comment 4 Apr 2018
China's science ministry gets power to attract more foreign scientists Science super-ministry gains new remit to develop policies that benefit international researchers. Hepeng Jia News 23 Mar 2018
Japanese government urges young scientists towards industry With permanent academic jobs scarce, the government wants industry to utilize young talent. Nature Index News feature 23 Mar 2018
Drug research priorities at odds with global disease toll COMMENT: Large pharmaceutical companies do not target their scientific efforts on the deadliest diseases. Alfredo Yegros et al. Comment 16 Mar 2018
Why are scientists anxious? Public regard for scientists is as strong as ever, but you wouldn't know it. News feature 14 Mar 2018
Japan's woman problem Less than 15% of researchers in Japan are female. Urgent culture change is needed, argues Noriko Osumi. Noriko Osumi 8 Mar 2018
