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The authors discuss science publishing. They states that 2011 became the year of retraction which has risen 15-fold while the number of papers increased by less than 50%. They mention that the requirement of new findings discussed a retraction or correction to be peer reviewed can keep the scientific record as up-to-date as possible. They note that the long-term credibility of the scientific record will boost if scientists and journals consider post-publication peer review.

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 focuses on the issue of plagiarism in scientific publications. Topics discussed include detection of Image manipulation and duplication within the same manuscript, controversy regarding the research paper released related to stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency (STAP) by a young biochemist at the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB) in Kobe, Japan and manipulated and duplicated images in the STAP papers.

Reports that only two of 47 fraudulent scientific papers involved in a German scandal have been retracted. Why authors are reluctant to retract; Response of journals that published the papers; Retraction policies in scientific journals.

Reports that the Royal Society of Great Britain has criticized the medical journal `The Lancet' for publishing a paper on genetically modified (GM) potatoes by controversial author Arpad Pusztai. Royal Society's review of the Pusztai's data; Review process practiced by the journal.

Reports on the findings of a review of scientific papers from fourteen journals that found one third of the lead authors had a direct financial interest in the published research. The report in the journal `Science and Engineering Ethics'; A list of the journals that were reviewed; Details of the study.

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 article reports on the efforts of U.S. government to make scientific research available for all. It reports that the accessibility offered by the Internet has transformed science publishing over the past decade. The government of the U.S. is making efforts to make all federally funded research available for free. The new system will make huge numbers of scientific articles publicly available for all. It reports that such archives will basically contain the final versions of the manuscripts written by the authors. There was an increase in public access in late 2007 when the U.S. Congress passed a bill and made it compulsory for scientists funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH) to deposit their papers within 12 months of publication.

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 author focuses on the issue of plagiarism in research papers. Topics discussed include searching the back catalogues of high-profile individuals for evidence of plagiarism in the research papers, limitations of scrutiny of scientific publications through plagiarism detection software and ethical aspects related to plagiarism.

The author reflects on the media frenzy surrounding the publication of a paper describing the fossil called Darwinius masillae, which is a 47-million-year-old primate fossil. The author argues that the scientists, despite their statement that the fossil is not closely related to humans, have contributed to its misrepresentation by associating with a media campaign claiming otherwise. The author notes the damaging aspects to science of such media coverage.

Reports on developments related to science published in "Nature" periodical. Availability of the book "The Spirit of Liberty: Papers and Addresses of Learned Hand"; Abatement of the dust nuisance.

Discusses the lack of high-quality research papers published by scientists from China. Factors attributed to the trend; Comparison in the number of high-impact papers published by scientists from China and the United States; Solutions to the low number of productive biologists.

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.

Looks at the self-archiving of refereed science publications through a global virtual archive on the Internet. Comparison between royalty/fee-based literature and literature of refereed journal articles; Benefits of the free and accessible refereed literature for developing countries; Costs of refereeing or peer review; Ways to accelerate the rate of self-archiving in science disciplines.

The article presents numerical facts on various issues published during the year 2005 in the science journal "Nature." A total of 900 papers were published during the year describing original research. Nuclear fusion was identified as the most accessed paper during the period. There were 2,469 authors who contributed to research in the physical sciences during 2005.

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 author reflects on the increasing number of failures and sloppy mistakes into scientific papers. She cites factors that contribute to errors in research studies including carelessness, poor quality of preclinical data, and failure to understand the difference between technical replicates and independent experiments. The author reveals that handling corrections from avoidable errors in manuscripts has become an uncomfortable process in publishing.

Explores the impact of semantic Web technology on scientific publishing on the World Wide Web. Basis of the concept of machine-understandable documents; Benefit of the Semantic Web Activity run by the World Wide Web.

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 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 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.

Discusses the necessity of publishing scientific papers that are independently assessed over the Internet. Dangers of over-dependence on journals; Risks in Internet publications; Media's coverage of research; Publications tracked by the Institute for Scientific Information; Criticisms against the editor of `The Lancet' journal.

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.

A letter to the editor is presented concerning the prepublication of scientific papers on arXiv.org servers which is superior to the author pays model of open-access journal publishing.

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.

Provides an overview of the contributing authors of the journal "Nature" in Canada. Impression of professor Martyn Unsworth about the benefit that he get from working at the University of Alberta; Number of contributing authors of the periodical working Canada in 2005; Percentage of the authors who are working at the University of Alberta.

Reports that the "Nature" magazine will increase the number of publications in its Brief Communications Arising (BCA) section. Publication of articles online; Types of letters and articles published in the BCA section; Improvements in the magazine's navigation for readers.

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.

A letter to the editor is presented regarding the warning of Daniel MacArthur to journal editors and scientists to avoid getting into false positive conclusions in scientific publishing.

The article discusses the call for scientific authors to put supporting raw microarray data sets into a database for public use. Neil McKenna and his colleagues from "Nature Methods" surveyed twenty journals in 2007 in the attempt to find references for deposition into the data set. Also discussed is a proposal by researchers to redress some of the concerns publishers have concerning research data.

An interview with researcher Nicholas Davis of Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, is presented. Davis discusses his involvement with neuroscientist Alaa El-Husseini regarding a palmitoylation study. He expresses his feelings about the findings of several hundred palmitoylated proteins and their role in neuronal function in the brain and how Dr. El-Husseini's death affected the publication of the team's research.

The article discusses several articles published in "Nature" over the last 50-100 years including one about the contribution of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in the diffusion of scientific knowledge and skills in the November 29, 1958 issue, one about the acquisition of a blue whale skeleton, and one regarding occult illustrations in a paper by Dr. W. L. Hildburgh in the November 26, 1908 issue.

The article reports on the statistical flaw in scientific papers from two scientific journals, "BMJ" and "Nature." The revelation that more than a one-third of all papers published in "Nature" in 2001 contained statistical errors prompted the journal to introduce new checks on quality. At the "BMJ," four papers was found to contain flaws.

Comments on an article about the national system for evaluating researchers' productivity in Spain. Factors that indicate research quality; Significance of the systems for publication quality evaluation; Impact of publication law on the publication habits of scientists.

Contends that the use of boycott initiative by the Public Library of Science (PLS) is not the best route to free exchange of scientific information. Disadvantages of PLS demand for multiple release of scientific information; Issue on the protection of copyrights.