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| Open AccessA simulation-based analysis of the impact of rhetorical citations in science
Authors of scientific papers are generally discouraged from citing works that had no direct influence on their research. This paper uses simulations to show that such rhetorical citations may have underappreciated effects on the scientific community, such as deconcentrating attention away from already highly-cited papers.
- Honglin Bao
- & Misha Teplitskiy
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| Open Accessrworkflows: automating reproducible practices for the R community
Reproducibility is essential for the progress of research, yet achieving it remains elusive even in computational fields. Here, authors develop the rworkflows suite, making robust CI/CD workflows easy and freely accessible to all R package developers.
- Brian M. Schilder
- , Alan E. Murphy
- & Nathan G. Skene
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| Open AccessResearch on scalable graphene faces a reproducibility gap
More than a decade after the first demonstration of large-scale graphene synthesis by chemical vapor deposition, the commercialization of graphene products is limited not only by price, but also by consistency, reproducibility, and predictability. Here, the author discusses the reproducibility issues in the field and proposes possible solutions to improve the reliability of published results.
- Peter Bøggild
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| Open AccessSystematic review and meta-analyses of studies analysing instructions to authors from 1987 to 2017
Publishers’ policies have the capability to increase transparency in scholarly literature. Malički and colleagues carried out a systematic review of over 150 studies that have examined scholarly journals’ recommendations. They find that requirements in terms of authorship, conflict of interests, data sharing, funding disclosure or ethics approval declaration vary greatly over time, among journals and across disciplines.
- Mario Malički
- , Ana Jerončić
- & Gerben ter Riet
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| Open AccessTwo decades of neuroscience publication trends in Africa
Here, the authors survey neuroscience publications from Africa over the past two decades, highlighting areas of active research, international networks, funding, and techniques used.
- M. B. Maina
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| Open AccessThe effect of publishing peer review reports on referee behavior in five scholarly journals
To increase transparency in science, some scholarly journals have begun publishing peer review reports. Here, the authors show how this policy shift affects reviewer behavior by analyzing data from five journals piloting open peer review.
- Giangiacomo Bravo
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| Open AccessTransparent peer review one year on
The majority of our authors are opting in to publish reviewer reports of their papers
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| Open AccessPaving the way toward better peer review
We are committed to support our reviewers with all relevant information needed to draft their reports
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| Open AccessPresenting ten thousand research articles
Nature Communications celebrates its 10,000th published article and introduces changes to improve our service to authors and readers
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| Open AccessTransparent peer review at Nature Communications
Authors of papers submitted from January 2016 will be given the option to publish the peer review history of their paper
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| Open AccessTowards an unbiased view of science
Authors at Nature Communications now have the option to choose double-blind peer review
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| Open AccessOpening up communications
The transition to fully open access publishing establishes Nature Communications as the flagship Nature-branded open access journal.
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Growth and development
With a year of publications under its belt, Nature Communications has established itself as an accommodating venue for the natural sciences.
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Open for business
Nature Publishing Group launches its second multidisciplinary journal, 140 years after the first issue of Nature.