About one in five of the 100 life sciences articles listed in the past year in The Scientist’s “Hot Papers” column was written by scientists at just three research institutions— Harvard University, ...

Gender bias in paper citations is less common among younger scientists, but it still plays a part in making women’s research less visible. The study’s authors say that the imbalance is caused in part ...

From ‘Envy, inequality and fertility’ to ‘Market size, trade and productivity’, using catchy three-part phrases in the titles of research papers can boost their citations, suggests a study. The study ...