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Track the gender ratio in research to keep the institutions accountable
An analysis of the leading universities in the world in 2024 by Nature Index has found that many have not achieved equal research participation by women. In terms of female co-authorship, Harvard University in Boston, US stood out as the university with the largest number of female co-authorship at 38%. The top three countries in…
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Why Asia is leading in green materials
South Korea has ranked fifth in the field of materials science every year from 2019 to 2023, according to Nature’s ‘Nature Index’. Its proportion of materials science Share relative to its overall Nature Index output (49.7%), a figure higher than China (45.7%) and more than three times higher than that of the United States (15.4%).
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There is a guide to the Nature Index
The Nature Index 2024 supplement is based on Nature Index database covering research articles published between 2015 and 2023. It shows at least one article from any of the two institutions can be tracked. The top rising Australian institutions are shown in the tables in this supplement as they change in adjusted Share from 2022,…
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China is growing at a rapid rate and has half of the top 20 science cities in it
The University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Hefei, Anhui province, is China’s leading institute for physical sciences. The local branch of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the Beijing-headquartered mega-institute that is the global leader in Nature Index, is very high in terms of their performance in relation to other leading…
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Corporate lobbying is taking over artificial intelligence laws in the US
Many scholars believe that the incentive structure in place in the industry makes firms under invest in research into ethical and social consequences of Artificial intelligence, even though it is important. Researchers accounted for only 3.84% of total Nature Index output in AI in 2023. Industry alone or in collaboration with universities had the leading…
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A guide to the nature index
Nature Index has released a report on its tracks of research output in the artificial intelligence (AI) era. It found that out of the top 10 institutions and countries/territories, India had the largest number of AI research publications between 2019-23. Researchers in India wrote over 26,000 crore in AI-related research from 2019 to 2023, according…
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A guide to the nature index
Researchers from South Korea and other Regions, Regions and States have contributed to the Nature Index’s research in Physical Science and Information Technology for South Korea and other Regions, Regions and States. They contributed to 10 articles in 2023 and one in 2022. The tables in this Supplement show the leading South Korean institutions based…
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The Belt and Road have prompted Chinese research collaborations to shift
China is at the top of the ‘Nature Index’ for the second consecutive year. The data was based on a group of countries that included the US, India and Japan. China’s share of the number of Nature Index papers has increased by 194% in the past three years, making it one of the world’s top…
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There is still room to grow Chinese science
China’s scientific collaborations are increasing and the number of natural-science papers in the Nature Index authored solely by Chinese-based researchers grew by 194% between 2015. Shu Fei, who studies Scholarly Communication at Hangzhou Dianzi University in China said being selected for support under CJEAP is not easy. She added that China wants to have a…
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There is a spotlight on the disparity in global health research
The US has been the most prolific contributor of research in the Nature Index, covering all but seven of the journals tracked by the Nature Index in the subject. “It comes tops for share in all but seven of the journals tracked by the Nature Index. This includes large general journals such as Nature Communications…
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Four researchers from the south are collaborating with researchers from the north
Researchers based in four Least Developed Countries (LDCs) — Senegal, Haiti, Nepal and Cambodia — talked to Nature Index about what works and what doesn’t when global-north countries attempt to collaborate and boost research capacity in their nations. In Nepal, the South Asia Institute of Advanced Studies provides research-based policy recommendations on social environmental issues…
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A guide to the nature index
The Nature Index uses Share, a fractional count which takes into account the share of authorship on each article. The total Share available per article is 1, and the author’s Share is divided between each institution if he is affiliated with more than one. The total share is calculated by summing the Share for individual…
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Three scientists work on climate and preservation research
Norway, New Zealand and parts of Scandinavia tend to lean the most heavily towards tackling climate and conservation issues, according to an analysis of data in the Nature Index. High-quality research from scientists in Australia and New Zealand tends to lean the most heavily towards tackling climate and conservation issues, the analysis said. Almost 20%…
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Scientists are in a fight against cancer
The US National Cancer Institute (NCI) has the largest amount of grants awarded for cancer research in the world at $10.1 billion in 2018-19, according to Nature Index’s latest data. The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston are clear of other…
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The Nature Index is a guide
China’s share of natural science research articles has grown the most in 50 years, a study by Nature Index has found. China’s share of natural science articles rose from 13.5% in 2012 to 18.1% in 2022. The US’ share of natural science articles rose from 10.7% in 2012 to 11.2% in 2017. In comparison, the…
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China sees an increase in natural sciences
China accounted for nearly 40% of all publications in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in 2021, far exceeding the UK and Europe (15% and the US (10%), according to Stanford University’s AI Index Report. China ranked second to the US in a 2022 assessment of AI and robotics articles in the Nature Index. The share rose over…
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The fight to keep science alive in Ukranian
A bilateral cooperation can be between any two institutions or countries/territories co-authoring at least one article in the journal Nature Index. A bilateral collaboration can also take the form of projects and programmes initiated by researchers at universities or scientific academies, or those working in industry. The number of co-authored papers between researchers in the…
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A guide to the nature index.
China has institutions dominating the share of research in the Nature Index from 2015 to 2021 despite a smaller portion of biomedical sciences research. The adjusted share accounts for the small variation in the number of articles. The United States, China, the UK, and Germany were the five countries that had the greatest share of…