All Metrics and assessment articles – Page 3
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NewsMentorship ‘strongly predicts’ protégé success in the sciences
Researchers whose mentors later win science prizes are two- to four times more likely to go on to have ‘superstar’ careers
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CareersMoving towards fairer academic rewards
New incentive systems take into account more than just a researcher’s publication history
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NewsHas the chemistry Nobel prize really become the biology prize?
Researchers digging into the data call for honesty and transparency on how the prize has changed over the years
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NewsChina tops chemistry research ranking, leaving US in second place
Huge growth in high-quality research means China leads this year’s Nature ranking
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NewsChina overtakes UK in list of highly cited researchers
More than 6000 influential scientists identified across 21 different fields
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News75% of European spending on scientific journals goes to ‘big five’ publishers
But only 56% of research is published by these top publishers
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NewsScience really does advance one funeral at a time, study suggests
The death of a scientific superstar can open up a field
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NewsUK to set up research integrity committee by 2020
A panel appointed by UKRI will oversee university misconduct investigations
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NewsScience scorecards reveal state of research in G20 nations
Performance measured using data on funding, gender balance and open access
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NewsOpen data linked to higher citations for journal articles
Studies that provide access to underlying data are cited 25% more often than those that don’t
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NewsDo men actually ask more questions at science conferences than women?
Even when women make up 70% of the audience, they still only ask about 40% of the questions, analysis reveals
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NewsMisconduct not mistakes are the chief reason chemistry papers are retracted
Analysis prompts call for publishers to be more open about the reasons a paper is withdrawn
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NewsContrary to received wisdom graduates from prestigious institutions aren’t more productive
Study finds that it is the working environment of an institution that predicts a young researcher’s output
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NewsNew Zealand university tops global impact ranking
University of Auckland leads list of 450 institutions supporting health, equality and other UN sustainable development goals
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NewsJournal impact factors wrongly used to evaluate research
Despite criticism, some universities still use the metric as a proxy for research quality
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NewsTop UK funders don’t support most highly cited health researchers
Only a third of leading health academics received funding
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NewsMentors with wide-ranging research interests nurture the most successful scientists
Study examined career paths and mentoring support for 18,000 biomedical researchers
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NewsWhy do some ideas go viral in academia?
Simulations suggest ideas from prestigious institutions spread more easily, even if they aren’t very good
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NewsChemists voice concerns over ‘risky’ Plan S open access policy
Open letter says ‘Plan S is a serious violation of academic freedom’