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Artificial-intelligence search engines wrangle academic literature
Developers want to free scientists to focus on discovery and innovation by helping them to draw connections from a massive body of literature.
- Amanda Heidt
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News |
Ancient DNA reveals the living descendants of enslaved people through 23andMe
A landmark genomic study raises the possibility that many more people could find links to distant ancestors through genetic analysis.
- Ewen Callaway
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ChatGPT-like AIs are coming to major science search engines
The Scopus, Dimensions and Web of Science databases are introducing conversational AI search.
- Richard Van Noorden
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Correspondence |
Data sharing: putting Nature’s policy to the test
- Xiwei Chen
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News Feature |
Medicine is plagued by untrustworthy clinical trials. How many studies are faked or flawed?
Investigations suggest that, in some fields, at least one-quarter of clinical trials might be problematic or even entirely made up, warn some researchers. They urge stronger scrutiny.
- Richard Van Noorden
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Career Column |
Fourteen things you need to know about collaborating with data scientists
Experimentalists often need help to analyse data. Here’s how to ensure your collaboration is productive.
- Michele Tobias
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Career Column |
Computer algorithms infer gender, race and ethnicity. Here’s how to avoid their pitfalls
Demographic-prediction algorithms have various challenges, following best practices can minimize the harms.
- Jeffrey W. Lockhart
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Nature Index |
Preprints become papers less often when the authors are from lower-income countries
A lack of financial resources is likely to be one of the key factors preventing the transition.
- Dalmeet Singh Chawla
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Technology Feature |
How to make your scientific data accessible, discoverable and useful
Specialists offer seven tips for effectively sharing your data.
- Jeffrey M. Perkel
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Nature Index |
Nature Index Annual Tables 2023: China tops natural-science table
India is another notable riser whereas Russia is among those losing ground.
- Chris Woolston
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Nature Index |
Nature Index Annual Tables 2023: first health-science ranking reveals big US lead
The Netherlands punches above its weight in the country list, and a Canadian institution demonstrates the strength of its clinical collaborations.
- Bianca Nogrady
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Correspondence |
Focus on health for global adaptation to climate change
- Shihui Zhang
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Nature Index |
Preprint clubs: why it takes a village to do peer review
A group of early-career researchers have harnessed cross-institutional journal clubs to assess and review immunology preprints.
- Felix Clemens Richter
- , Ester Gea-Mallorquí
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News |
China’s souped-up data privacy laws deter researchers
Recent regulations have strengthened Chinese data privacy, but are impinging on international research collaboration.
- Dyani Lewis
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News |
Major ocean database that will guide deep-sea mining has flaws, scientists warn
As sea-bed mining looms, researchers say better records of sea-floor biodiversity are needed to assess its environmental impact.
- Natasha Gilbert
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Book Review |
Is the biggest challenge to scientific thinking science itself?
Data torturing, cherry-picking, P-hacking and the invention of tools such as ChatGPT — when it comes to assisting the spread of disinformation science is its own worst enemy, argues a new book.
- Eric-Jan Wagenmakers
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Nature Index |
China overtakes United States on contribution to research in Nature Index
Data on affiliations suggest that authors from China made the largest contribution to high-quality natural-science research in 2022.
- Simon Baker
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World View |
Audit AI search tools now, before they skew research
Generative AI could be a boon for literature search, but only if independent groups scrutinize its biases and limitations.
- Michael Gusenbauer
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Nature Index |
Proposed EU data laws leave researchers out in the cold
Some scientists say the European Commission’s Data Act would favour businesses in its aim to expand access rights to big data, and fear that publicly funded science will suffer.
- Nic Fleming
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News Feature |
GISAID in crisis: can the controversial COVID genome database survive?
The most popular repository for sharing SARS-CoV-2 sequence data has come under increasing scrutiny. Scientists and funders around the world must now consider what lies ahead for the open sharing of genome data.
- Mariana Lenharo
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Editorial |
Women’s health: end the disparity in funding
Funding for research on women’s health is still a fraction of that available for men’s health.
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Correspondence |
Ecology: correct the digital data divide
- Sarab Sethi
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- & Rohini Balakrishnan
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Outlook |
Synthetic data could be better than real data
Machine-generated data sets have the potential to improve privacy and representation in artificial intelligence, if researchers can find the right balance between accuracy and fakery.
- Neil Savage
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Correspondence |
Stat checkers: make reproducible computer code mandatory
- Dominic Guitard
- & Sylvain Fiset
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News |
AI science search engines are exploding in number — are they any good?
Several search tools claim to help researchers do science.
- Katharine Sanderson
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News Feature |
Diversity in German science: researchers push for missing ethnicity data
The European country is one of several reassessing its cultural unease with collecting information on scientists’ race and ethnicity.
- Hristio Boytchev
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Technology Feature |
Octopus and ResearchEquals aim to break the publishing mould
Modular platforms that allow authors to publish pieces of the research process hope to make academic publishing more accessible.
- Payal Dhar
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Nature Index |
How Japan’s disciplinary strengths are shifting focus
Physical sciences and chemistry still dominate research output, but life sciences is increasingly important.
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Nature Index |
Japan’s leading international partnerships
The country’s cross-border collaborations are varying across time and subject area.
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Nature Index |
A guide to the Nature Index
A description of the terminology and methodology used in this supplement, and a guide to the functionality that is available free online at natureindex.com.
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News |
Highly cited genetics studies found to contain sequence errors
An analysis of two prominent journals reveals dozens of papers with apparent mistakes in their nucleotide-targeting reagents.
- Diana Kwon
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Nature Index |
US funders must do more to ensure research reliability
Government report calls for greater rigour and transparency in federally funded science.
- Dalmeet Singh Chawla
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Editorial |
Is science really getting less disruptive — and does it matter if it is?
A study suggesting papers and patents that change the course of science are becoming less dominant is prompting soul-searching — and lively debate about why, and what to do about it.
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Massive health-record review links viral illnesses to brain disease
Study ties common viruses such as flu to Alzheimer’s and other conditions — but the analysis has limitations, researchers warn.
- Max Kozlov
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Technology Feature |
Confused by open-access policies? These tools can help
Emerging software helps funding agencies and scientists to ensure that research follows the rules.
- Dalmeet Singh Chawla
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News |
Researchers blast US agency’s decision not to collect LGBT+ data
Scientists call for the National Science Foundation to add a question about sexual orientation to its 2023 workforce surveys.
- Max Kozlov
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Technology Feature |
The reproducibility issues that haunt health-care AI
Health-care systems are rolling out artificial-intelligence tools for diagnosis and monitoring. But how reliable are the models?
- Emily Sohn
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News |
‘Disruptive’ science has declined — and no one knows why
The proportion of publications that send a field in a new direction has plummeted over the past half-century.
- Max Kozlov
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Nature Index |
AI system not yet ready to help peer reviewers assess research quality
Machine-learning tool needs to be more accurate before it can replace or aid human assessment in the UK Research Excellence Framework.
- Dalmeet Singh Chawla
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Nature Index |
A guide to the Nature Index
A description of the terminology and methodology used in this supplement, and a guide to the functionality that is available free online at natureindex.com.
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Nature Index |
A guide to the Nature Index
A description of the terminology and methodology used in this supplement, and a guide to the functionality that is available free online at natureindex.com.
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Correspondence |
Twitter’s totter must prompt research rethink
- Andrea Ghermandi
- , Derek Van Berkel
- & Johannes Langemeyer
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Correspondence |
Mental health and nature: more implementation research needed
- Ralf Buckley
- , Linsheng Zhong
- & Mary-Ann Cooper
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Nature Index |
How well connected are the world’s leading science cities?
When it comes to scientific collaborations, China’s cities are much less interconnected than those in the United States.
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Nature Index |
A guide to the Nature Index
A description of the terminology and methodology used in this supplement, and a guide to the functionality that is available free online at natureindex.com.
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Nature Index |
Melbourne’s science output will take time to recover from the pandemic
Stringent COVID-19 measures have damaged the talent pipeline for Australia’s leading science city.
- Daniel Pejic
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World View |
To fix peer review, break it into stages
All data should get checked, but not every article needs an expert.
- Olavo B. Amaral
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Correspondence |
Addiction: expand diagnostic borders with care
- Joël Billieux
- , Maèva Flayelle
- & Daniel L. King