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This article studies international citation and text similarity networks across 150 fields and find that some countries increasingly receive more citations despite researching similar topics as others.
As inflation rates soar, new data on the finances of US graduate students spark calls for action.
The world's largest online encyclopedia mirrors society's bias towards male achievements. Employers in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine can help to change that.
What does it entail to perform a code review for Nature Computational Science?
Any single analysis hides an iceberg of uncertainty. Multi-team analysis can reveal it.
Authors will be prompted to provide details on how sex and gender were considered in study design.
A simple framework can help you to identify 'likeable freeloaders' and 'misaligned partners' - and to self-assess.
A proposal to change how academic performance is measured at an Australian university spurred one department into action.
Omicron relatives called BA.4 and BA.5 are behind a fresh wave of COVID-19 in South Africa, and could be signs of a more predictable future for SARS-CoV-2.
The world's most powerful rocket will make a trip around the Moon in 2022 - a step towards landing people there in 2025, and part of the US Artemis programme.
Closed networks and ingrained biases can make women's collaborations a balancing act.
Developers of artificial intelligence must learn to collaborate with social scientists and the people affected by its applications.
New measures to reward scholars in the Netherlands could widen gender inequality if they are not designed and implemented correctly, warn four academics.
The unit will instead mimic Finnish and Israeli agencies. But some researchers worry Canada might be too big and regionalized for the scheme to succeed.
Good intentions are not enough to bring about change; nor are simple tallies, training programmes or unwarranted rosy views. Change requires sustained investment, appropriate incentives and evidence-backed interventions.
The open data revolution won't happen unless the research system values the sharing of data as much as authorship on papers.
Many Western nations are severing scientific links - but it's a different story in China, India and South Africa.
The US president wants huge increases for clean energy and public health, but a divided Congress might not go along with the plan.
Lab leader roles are proving more elusive as trainees seek opportunities elsewhere, two studies find.
Redesigning social media to improve society requires a new platform for research.
Sometimes it's best to refuse offers and focus on the right projects to benefit your career.
