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Results for 'University of Cambridge'

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  Studies suggest 5 ways to increase citation counts

  There’s no one way to 'game the system'.
  

  • Bec Crew

  News 7 Aug 2019
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  Top 5 corporate–academic collaborations in biomedical sciences

  This is what success looks like.
  

  • Bec Crew

  Listings 6 Aug 2019
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  The top 10 countries that dominate natural sciences research

  The United States reigns as the colossus but China is taking up ever more space, squeezing out European stalwarts.

  
  

  • Nature Index

  Listings 1 Jul 2019
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  The top 10 countries for scientific research in 2018

  These countries were the year's largest contributors to papers published in the past year in the 82 leading journals tracked by the Nature Index.
  

  • Bec Crew

  Listings 1 Jul 2019
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  The top 10 research institutions for 2018

  These institutions were the largest contributors to papers published in the past year in the 82 leading journals tracked by the Nature Index.
  

  • Nature Index

  Listings 20 Jun 2019
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  The top 10 institutions for life sciences in 2018

  These institutions were the largest contributors to life-sciences papers published in the 82 leading journals tracked by the Nature Index in 2018.
  

  • Nature Index

  Listings 20 Jun 2019
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  The top 10 academic institutions in 2018

  Among the world’s academic institutions, these were the largest contributors to articles tracked by the Nature Index.
  

  • Nature Index

  Listings 20 Jun 2019
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  The top 10 institutions for physical sciences in 2018

  These institutions were the largest contributors to physical-science papers for 2018 published in the 82 leading journals tracked by the Nature Index.

  • Nature Index

  Listings 20 Jun 2019
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  10 tips for tweeting research

  Experts weigh in on how to make the most of a tweet.
  

  • Bec Crew

  News feature 9 May 2019
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  For scientists skittish about Twitter, here's a plan

  Researchers need to rethink their aversion to talking about their work on social media, says digital sociologist Mark Carrigan.
  

  • Bec Crew

  Q+A 8 May 2019
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  How academics should use Twitter

  Conservative social media guidelines stifle scientists' voices. 
  

  • Bec Crew

  News 7 May 2019
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  For risky research with great potential, dive deep

  Multimillion-dollar experiment generates tools to study marine microorganisms.

  NI 360 25 Feb 2019
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  Open framework tackles backwards science

  Good news for grackles 

  • Jeffrey M. Perkel

  Technology feature 6 Sep 2018
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  Europe pulls together in scientific union

  Smaller countries rely more on regional collaborations than on domestic interaction.  

  • Catherine Armitage

  News feature 9 Aug 2018
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  10 institutions that dominated science in 2017

  These top 10 institutions in the Nature Index were the largest contributors to papers published in 82 leading journals in the past year.
  

  • Gemma Conroy

  12 Jun 2018
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  2018 Annual Tables: Tsinghua joins elite group of research universities

  Two Beijing-based universities are among the top 10 academic institutions in the Nature Index.
  

  Listings 7 Jun 2018
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  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
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  Luck of the draw

  Funders should assign research grants via a lottery system to reduce human bias, says Dorothy Bishop.
  

  • Dorothy Bishop

  Comment 7 May 2018
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  Canada’s future as a refuge for researchers could be short-lived

  An open society makes Canada an attractive destination for students and scientists, but only as long as government promises for increased funding are met.

  • Ian Munroe

  News 9 Nov 2017
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  Europe opens arms to post-Brexit research migrants

  For centuries a hub of ideas and trade, London is embracing ambitious developments to boost research and local connections, despite the uncertainty caused by Brexit.

  • Anna Petherick

  News 8 Nov 2017