Suze, John and Danielle chat about the link between mental health and physical health, the challenges we must overcome to destigmatise mental health, the need for awareness days, and the initiatives that Digital Science have implemented to help both our internal and external communities.

In this blog we present findings from a bibliometric evaluation of scientific publications that include a contribution from the top ten pharmaceutical companies in the Global North and Global South, which have been indexed in Digital Science’s Dimensions database in the past five years (2018 to 2022). The study maps aspects of the landscape in this area exploring differences in pharmaceutical research practices from different perspectives including funding and collaboration, pharmaceutical research and its association with the SDGs, the impact of the cost of medicines developed by pharma and their accessibility in distinct geographic regions. The results show significant gaps between the two global areas, but also some ways where these gaps are now closing.

This article sets out what we mean by fragmentation in the context of research, and how we will explore the topic through a variety of lenses during the campaign.

Research has the power to change lives, break down barriers and create unity & equity. When the research community solves problems together extraordinary breakthroughs can happen. But post-pandemic, fragmentation in the research ecosystem remains one of the biggest challenges to the ability of researchers to make a real-world difference. We want to challenge the status quo, highlight the issues, and share positive ways to create better synergy and collaboration, helping to unite a divided research world.

In this short, informal interview, Dr Briony Fane and Dr Juergen Wastl explain some of the methods behind their work on assessing how global research ties into the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. If you're new to SDGs and want to get a quick idea of how to look at them through a number of different lenses, this is the introduction for you.

The Digital Science Speaker Series is back, and this time we're sharing the opportunity with the broader research community and the sci-curious public. We're partnering with the Royal Institution (the Ri) to sponsor two of their public lectures in 2023. We're kicking off with Dr Chris Van Tulleken's talk on Ultra-Processed People on Tuesday 19th September, followed by Dame Athene Donald's talk entitled Not Just For The Boys on Thursday 16th November. Read on to find out more about our Speaker Series.

"Because of my background, I'm always interested in how technology can serve the underserved in society, and how it can empower people to live their best lives. With AI, I'm not worried about robots taking over the world. I'm more worried about people using technology to do bad things to other people, rather than the technology itself. One of the biggest issues we've got with technology is that most people in society, particularly those who aren't in tech, think that they can't understand it. I want to help change that, on a global scale."

In the final of his three-part series, Mark Hahnel looks at how FAIR data can benefit the public, whose taxes largely fund research.

This blog series ventures into the realms of research integrity and transparency - with a focus on the rise of Data Availability Statements.

Guest author Dr Danny Kingsley asks: Is AI the disruption scholarly publishing needs?