Scientometrics

List of retractions grows

It has been 10 years since German anesthesiologist Joachim Boldt was involved in one of the largest scientific misconduct scandals in history. Even today, the scandal continues

Written by many hands

Study identifies a sharp rise in the number of articles signed by more than a thousand authors

The inequality behind the balance

While the number of women scientists has been rising in Brazil, many still face challenging roadblocks

Scientific publications by country: number of authors and number of articles

The 2020 State of US Science and Engineering report, published by the National Science Foundation, shows the number of scientific articles per country from 2000 to 2018

Article retracted by Nobel Prize winner

Frances Arnold, winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work on the evolution of enzymes, announced on Twitter that her group was retracting a scientific article published last year

Increasing research visibility

Universities are encouraging researchers to store copies of their articles in institutional repositories available to the public

Retraction overview

A researcher at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies at the University of Leiden, Netherlands, published a paper that gives a comprehensive overview of scientific articles retracted due to errors, bias, fraud, or plagiarism

Outsourced quality control

Research institutions in Europe avoid accusations of misconduct by hiring external companies and specialists to check their work

Unearthing hidden treasure

A new platform allows users to search scholarly data from eight universities in São Paulo

Young and world class

Asian institutions stand out in ranking of universities younger than 50, which includes Brazil’s UNESP and UFABC

The race to measure impact

Brazilian universities increasingly investing in offices dedicated to managing and measuring performance

5-dimensional benchmarking

CAPES unveils a new, more comprehensive and diverse set of quality metrics for master’s and doctoral programs

Richard Sever: Speeding up scientific communication

Biochemist suggests all researchers should be required to publish draft manuscripts on public repositories

Benefits from collaboration

Long-term collaboration with industry makes research groups 20% more productive, study finds

Growth in numbers

Brazil’s research indicators have improved consistently over the past two decades

The shadow of self-promotion

Database identifies 250 highly productive researchers suspected of excessive self-citation and cross-citation

Scientific collaborations between São Paulo and other states in Brazil

Percentage of scientific papers published by researchers from São Paulo with at least one coauthor from another state

Increasing research visibility

Universities are encouraging researchers to store copies of their articles in institutional repositories available to the public

The race for excellence

Strong performance in international rankings and against benchmarks reflects a drive for research impact at state universities in São Paulo

“I see too many cases where nothing ever happens”

Journalist Ivan Oransky, creator of the Retraction Watch website, discusses how the fight against scientific misconduct has evolved in recent years

Youngsuk Chi: Sustainable transition

For the president of Elsevier, Plan S is viable, but only over the long term

China ahead of the USA

In 2017, the Scopus database recorded 456,960 articles, books, and conference proceedings produced by China, accounting for 18.9% of global scientific output

Scientific articles in 2017

Researchers living in Brazil published 55,051 scientific articles, of which 22,856 were published by authors based in São Paulo

Cristina Russo: Science diplomacy

European Commission director discusses challenges in expanding open access to publicly funded research

The metropolis and science

Study analyzes papers by authors from 2,000 cities around the world and ranks São Paulo among the 20 with the highest scientific output

A wider target audience

Major publisher’s acquisition of manuscript submission system makes waves in scientific journals market

Responsible metrics

Company that determines the impact factor of scientific journals shares the data behind the results

A rising platform

Modernization of the Lattes CV database looks to increase confidence in its data and stimulate debate on the platform's potential

Sleeping Beauties

To study the scientific process and perfect evaluation systems, researchers analyze innovative papers whose value was recognized only belatedly

Papers published on Zika and microcephaly