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- Behind the Johns Hopkins University coronavirus dashboard https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/behind-johns-hopkins-university-coronavirus-dashboard 5 comments
- Scientists are much more open but less agreeable than people in other professions. On the plus side, they’re more likely to be intellectually curious, idealistic, and passionate than non-scientists. But as a group, they also tend to be more rigid, cynical, and tactless. https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/scientists-are-curious-and-idealistic-but-not-very-agreeable-compared-to-other-professions 4 comments science
- "Landscape of fear" forces Brazilian rainforest researchers into anonymity - Funding cuts and fear of retribution is hampering scientists’ response to the Amazonian deforestation crisis. https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/landscape-of-fear-forces-brazilian-forest-researchers-into-anonymity?utm_source=nature+briefing&utm_campaign=6cddda34dd-briefing-dy-20191206&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-6cddda34dd-44448433#.xe0qbfw10ov.twitter 4 comments worldnews
- Careless citations don't just spread scientific myths – they can make them stronger https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/misciting-scientific-myths-spread-strengthen-hawthorne-effect#.xbg53qs1n3e.twitter 9 comments science
- These 10 institutions published the most papers in Nature and Science in 2018 [Europe: 3 (only 1 in EU), US: 7] https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/top-ten-institutions-published-most-scientific-research-papers-nature-science-journals-twenty-eighteen 6 comments europe
- Scientists get more bang for their buck if given more freedom https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/scientists-get-more-bang-for-their-buck-if-given-more-freedom 15 comments science
- Partnerships between US and Chinese scientists surge - "In the last four years, Chinese–American partnerships in the physical and life sciences have more than doubled." - "Research partnerships between the two superpowers outnumber all other international pairings." http://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/partnerships-between-us-and-chinese-scientists-surge/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=sciampost&utm_campaign=sciamfb 34 comments worldnews
- Top Institutions in Pakistan based on output http://www.natureindex.com/country-outputs/Pakistan 2 comments pakistan
- TIL India currently ranks 13 worldwide in it's contribution of High Quality scientific research papers [NP] http://www.natureindex.com/annual-tables/2016/country/all 57 comments india