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The article focuses on the impact a Russian amended law concerning state secrets is having on science publishing by Russian scientists. It states President Vladimir Putin used a decree in May 2015 expanding the scope of a law requiring scientists get permission from the Federal Security Service prior to publishing results which could have industrial or military applications. It reports Russian universities are requiring scientists seek approval to the publication of any findings without exception.

The article presents several charts concerning interdisciplinary science research, including a chart measuring the level of interdisciplinarity various fields are, the percentage of interdisciplinary papers published in 10 nations, and a citation analysis of interdisciplinary research over time.

The author discusses the connection between success of a scientific research paper and the ethnic diversity of collaborating scientists. He observes that greater ethnic diversity among the collaborating scientists creates more attention for the scientific literature publication. Homophily in joint research also creates fewer citations compared to multiple ethnicities. It is noted that diverse perspectives offer benefits or linguistic and cultural differences obstruct communication skills.

The article discusses collaborative tools that helps reduce the difficulties in writing and publishing scientific papers by simplifying editing and formatting processes on an online document at the same time. Application, writeLaTeX used by ecologist Fernando Cagua is mentioned. Other topics include scholar-focused online writing apps like Fidus Writer, Google Docs and Authorea, the tools keeps track of different versions of the document, and interactive,user friendly data-driven article.

The article discusses the use of digital badges to denote scientists' contribution to published research. Advocates of this method say that it could help to enhance collaboration in scientific research and prevent senior researchers from unfairly taking credit for the work of their juniors. Details on the system of badges used by the publisher BioMed Central in two of its journals are presented, including the taxonomy used to classify researchers' contributions.

The article discusses research done on academic papers that went for decades before they were recognized and considered as important. It references a study by Q. Ke and colleagues, published in the 2015 issue of the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA." Information is presented on the relevance of research done by German chemist and colloid pioneer Herbert Freundlich that was published in 1906.

The article presents Hangzhou, China's contribution to the Nature Index based on weighted fractional count of scientific articles published in 2013, with Zhejiang University as the city's largest contributing institution for papers on chemistry and physical sciences. The chemistry papers include the development of a special polymer to help detect gas leaks in refrigeration systems while the physics outputs include graphene and carbon aerogels with potential applications for thermal insulation.

The article discusses the Nature Index, a database of authors and their institutional affiliations used to track article contributions published in journals. Measures used by the index to track affiliation data include article count, fractional count, and weighted fractional count assigned to a country or institute for their authors' paper contributions. Altmetrics is used as alternative data source to measure the impact of a research paper by tracking the online sources that mention the paper.

The article presents Shanghai, China's contribution to the Nature Index based on weighted fractional count of scientific articles published in 2013, with Fudan University as the city's largest contributing institution. Fudan is strongest in materials chemistry with papers on composite nanofibers used in lithium batteries and nanotubes as cathode materials for rechargeable batteries. Shanghai Jiao Tong University is most open to collaboration with other institutes in chemistry and life sciences.

The article presents Hong Kong's contribution to China's Nature Index based on weighted fractional count of scientific papers published in 2013, with the University of Hong Kong (HKU) as the city's largest contributing institution. HKU's main outputs are in microbiology, with topics such as the infectivity and transmission of avian and swine influenza viruses. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's papers deal mainly with the physical sciences, such as graphene and metamaterials.

The article presents information on the Nature Index database of institutional relationships and author affiliations which tracks contributions to articles published in specific science journals. It states measures provided in the index include the article count, the fractional account which considers the relative contribution of authors to an article, and weighted fractional count which applies weighting to adjust for an over-representation of research papers in astrophysics and astronomy.

The article discusses the scientific publishing contributions of North and West Europe to the Nature Index database in 2014. Topics mentioned include the role of investment and talent recruitment in the region's output in the Index, the region's article and weighted fractional count, the pattern of top five universities' relative subject area distribution and collaborativeness and top three country collaborations, and dominance of British universities in research.

The article presents Wuhan, China's contribution to the Nature Index based on weighted fractional count of scientific articles published in 2013, with Wuhan University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology as the city's largest contributing institutions. Wuhan's outputs include topics on the use of free radicals in organic synthesis, and development of innate immunity using enzymes to treat cancers. Huazhong's papers include topics on ultrathin films and metal oxide semiconductors.

Statistical graphs are presented showing China as the second leading country for high-quality scientific research output, including the weighted fractional count for the contribution of authors from collaborating countries, and from collaboration between China's institutions in ten leading cities.

The article presents Beijing, China's contribution to the Nature Index based on weighted fractional count of scientific articles published in 2013, with Peking University and Tsinghua University as the city's largest contributing institutions. Peking's research outputs include conjugated polymers for transistors and asymmetric synthesis to develop drug molecules. Tsinghua's papers include topics on bimetallic nanocatalysts, supramolecules, and graphene synthesis using sodium-ammonia solution.

The article presents the Chinese Academy of Sciences as the world's largest scientific organization with researchers and institutes spread across China, led by the Institute of Chemistry, Institute of Physics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, and Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences. Chemistry papers were top contributors to the country's Nature Index while life science articles command a dominant share in journal publications.

The article reports that the journal "Basic and Applied Social Psychology (BASP)" is banning null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) by not publishing papers with P values since the P values are often associated to lower-quality research.

The article presents Changchun, China's contribution to the Nature Index based on weighted fractional count of scientific articles published in 2013, with Jilin University as the city's largest contributing institution. Jilin's outputs include the design and synthesis of porous materials for water purification applications. Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry's papers include topics on artificial enzymes, catalysis and cell imaging and development of enzymatic fuel cells to produce energy.

The article discusses the scientific publishing contributions of West Asia to the Nature Index database in 2014. Topics cited include the region's article and weighted fractional count, the role of international projects such as advanced particle accelerator and educational facilities in intensifying the region's priority on chemistry and physical science research, and the pattern of top five institutions' relative subject area distribution and collaborativeness.

The article reports the Global Research Council, a federation of over 50 national research funders, has selected interdisciplinary research (IR) as one of its two annual themes for an in-depth report and debate by mid-2016. It states that the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) in Britain found items submitted to discipline-based REP panels underrepresent the amount of top IDR published by researchers in Britain. It considers problems complicating the collection of data concerning IDR.

The article discusses the contributions of East and Southeast Asia to the scientific publishing database Nature Index in 2014. Topics include the region's weighted fractional count, dominance of China in scientific publication, particularly in chemistry and physical sciences due to its investment in education and research and development, collaborativeness of top five universities led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the pattern of international collaborations in scientific research.

The article discusses delays between the acceptance and publication of articles in scientific scholarly periodicals as examined by University of California, San Francisco, scholar Daniel Himmelstein, particularly the wait times at the scholarly journal "PLoS Computational Biology."

The article provides an overview of the scientific journal database Nature Index 2015 Global. Topics cited include the collaboration among scientists and their colleagues from other regions, dominance of Africa in terms of the level of collaboration, use of weighted fractional count to measure the performance of countries in scientific publishing, and rank of Israel in terms of research funding.

The article provides an overview of the scientific publishing database Nature Index. Topics mentioned include the availability of data in the Nature Index at the website, natureindex.com, under a Creative Commons license, use of article, fractional, and weighted fractional count to track affiliation data, and compilation of the database by Nature Publishing Group and Digital Science.

An introduction is presented in which the editors present a supplement on China's Nature Index, a snapshot of results for Chinese research papers published for year 2013 that features the cities, institutions, and individuals who contributed high-quality research comprising scientific disciplines.

The article discusses the contributions of Central and East Europe to the scientific publishing database Nature Index in 2014. Topics cited include the challenges in social change and economic stagnation facing the region, article and weighted fractional count of the region, and the pattern of top five institutions' relative subject area distribution and collaborativeness.

The article highlights the contributions of Australasia and Pacific Islands to the scientific publishing database Nature Index in 2014. Topics cited include the region's article and weighted fractional count, the pattern of top five institutions' relative subject area distribution and collaborativeness, challenges facing research in Australia such as lack of government priority on funding, and the impact of shifts in science policy in Australia and New Zealand on the future of publishing.

Several charts are presented that show the scientific publishing contributions of North America, North and West Europe, and East and Southeast Asia in the Nature Index database in 2014 including regional collaboration patterns and environmental collaborations rule.

The article reports on a discussion on the social media service Twitter about an article in the journal "eLife," concerning possible changes to the peer-review process for scientific publishing; the article mentions comments for and against this proposal.

The article presents Tianjin, China's contribution to the Nature Index based on weighted fractional count of scientific papers published in 2013, with Nankai University as the city's largest contributing institution. Nankai's publications include topics on metal-organic frameworks, asymmetric synthesis, and nanomaterials. Tianjin University's outputs include topics on the synthesis of organo-fluorine compounds, fluorescent chemosensors, and mechanisms that drive interannual ocean variability.

The article highlights the scientific publishing contributions of Central and South Asia to the Nature Index database in 2014. Topics cited include the region's article and weighted fractional count, the pattern of top five universities' relative subject area distribution and collaborativeness, challenges in scientific success faced by smaller countries, and state of funding in research in India.

The article highlights the scientific publishing contributions of Latin America and Caribbean Islands to the Nature Index database in 2014. Topics cited include the region's article and weighted fractional count, governments' effort to increase the region's innovative programs by funding scholarships for study abroad to improve scientific publications in the future, the pattern of international collaborations and top five institutions' relative subject area distribution and collaborativeness.

The article presents Nanjing, China's contribution to the Nature Index based on weighted fractional count of scientific articles published in 2013, with Nanjing University as the city's largest contributing institution. Nanjing's outputs include topics on fluorescent sensors with bioimaging applications, electrochemiluminescence, and astrophysics. Southeast University has the second largest output focused on physical sciences, with articles dealing with transformation optics in stealth devices.

The article presents Guangzhou, China's contribution to the Nature Index based on weighted fractional count of scientific articles published in 2013, with Sun Yat-Sen University's (SYSU) School of Medicine as the city's largest contributing institution. SYSU's outputs are on chemistry with topics on metal-organic frameworks used for water decontamination. The focus of Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health is medical research with index output split between chemistry and life sciences.

The Nature Index allows us to track contributions by countries and by research institutions--academic, government and commercial--to selective scientific journals, independently chosen by active scientists. Analysis of this database provides [...]