Citations double for delisted ‘ghost’ journals Most were probably predatory. Gemma Conroy News 21 Apr 2020
The biggest reason for biomedical research retractions Detection software is not enough. Gemma Conroy News 18 Oct 2019
Personal biases speed up research publication Megajournal editors under the microscope. Gemma Conroy News 8 Oct 2019
Scientists collaborate more when disaster strikes Teaming up when things fall apart. Gemma Conroy 1 Aug 2019
Gender is not the biggest barrier to career success Study paints bleak picture of disadvantage attached to ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Gemma Conroy News 14 Jun 2019
Chemistry is the fastest path to a Nobel prize Sorry, economists. A new study pinpoints the age at which Nobel Laureates produce their transformative work. Gemma Conroy News 9 Apr 2019
Data brief: Female first-authors attract more readers The work of female researchers has a broader impact than citation analysis suggests, but not in India. Gemma Conroy Dataviz 2 Jan 2019
Data brief: Citizen science papers have more impact Public involvement in science has citation benefits, but these are often fleeting. News feature 23 Nov 2018
Data Brief: US companies spend more on research Businesses spent a small, but growing, amount of their R&D budgets on basic science. Gemma Conroy Dataviz 8 Nov 2018
Data Brief: First in, best dressed for EU healthcare research funding Only 3% of EU grant funds went to new entrants to the union between 2007 and 2016. Dataviz 26 Oct 2018
The shifting corporate–academic relationship in pictures Research partnerships between industry and academia have more than doubled in five years. Nature Index Dataviz 11 Dec 2017
