Behind the Paper

The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows.

Our recent paper In Nature Human Behavior (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01372-0) presents a new learning framework to precisely forecast crime in the urban environment, and simultaneously demonstrates how such precise predictors may be used to reveal signatures of enforcement biases.

ishanu

Jul 01, 2022

Fitting the complexity of the social space into the right dimension

Contributor Scientific Reports

Behind the Paper

Fitting the complexity of the social space into the right dimension

Jose Balsa-Barreiro and 1 other

Jun 24, 2022

How much can we nudge?

Contributor Nature Human Behaviour

Behind the Paper

How much can we nudge?

Sebastian Berger

Jun 23, 2022

News and Opinion

The latest news and opinions related to behavioural and social sciences.

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News and Opinion

Flexible Publishing Models for Authors from Under-Resourced Settings: A Call for a Radical Change

There is a growing concern on the unaffordable open access fees for researchers located in low- and middle-income countries. These researchers are facing a serious challenge to publish their research, particularly, given the rapid expansion of open access journals that do not waive the publishing fees for these scientists in under-resourced settings. A new flexible waiving model is needed given the considerable limitations of the World Bank Classification.

Khalid El Bairi

May 18, 2022

Top 100 in Neuroscience | Scientific Reports

Editor Scientific Reports

News and Opinion, From the Editors

Top 100 in Neuroscience | Scientific Reports

Antonia Eisenkoeck

Apr 11, 2022

Editor npj Mental Health Research

News and Opinion, From the Editors

Mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: Some worse, some better, and some the same

The global COVID-19 pandemic has affected people’s mental health in different, and sometimes unexpected, ways.

Jack Tsai

Feb 21, 2022

After the Paper

Exploring what happened after a paper was published, from follow up studies to career impact.

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The luck of the draw

Contributor Nature Comms

After the Paper

The luck of the draw

Wilma A. Bainbridge

Jan 15, 2021

Contributor Nature Climate Change

After the Paper

The threat of political bargaining to climate mitigation in Brazil

The paper we published in Nature Climate Change in 2018 took us to a new level of scientific exposure, increasing our responsibility to continually improve our work, but at the same time improved our confidence in continuing to carry out more ambitious and relevant research into the future.