We’ve been busy this April bringing you faster, smarter ways to explore research—and we're just getting started. Here's what's new in Nature Navigator and what to keep an eye out for next.

⚡ Fast Build Mode (Beta) – Insights in Seconds

Tired of waiting 8+ minutes to see first results after building a topic? Say hello to Fast Build Mode 🎉
Now in beta, Fast Build Mode dramatically reduces build time to just a few seconds, giving you quicker access to your topic’s research landscape.
Start with your usual keyword list or Boolean query, and we’ll guide you with relevant Field of Research suggestions. Jump straight into researcher, publication, and organization insights—faster than ever.

Try it now in Topic Creator – it’s the same steps you’re used to, just way quicker. 🙌

👥 Admin Dashboard – Manage Users Like a Pro

For our institutional users: the new Admin Dashboard is here!
Now admins can manage users across teams more effectively, streamline collaboration, and ensure everyone has the right level of access to Nature Navigator.

🧠 Data Feedback – Right Where You Need It

Noticed something off in the data? Now you can submit feedback directly from within the dataset you're viewing.

Our new in-context feedback buttons make it easier than ever to let us know when something needs fixing—speeding up resolutions and helping us maintain high data quality.

📬 Subscribe to Topic Updates – Stay in the Know

Never miss an important update again. You can now subscribe to any topic you're tracking and receive monthly email alerts when new publications are added.

Find Subscribe for Updates for every topic. You’ll also be able to see all your subscribed topics in your user account menu, providing a convenient overview.

Do tell us what else you'd love to be notified about:

• New researchers entering a topic?

• Updates from specific thought leaders?
  We’re listening!

✨ Stay Tuned: Exciting New Features Coming Soon

We’re not slowing down. Here’s what’s in the pipeline:

• Sorting Experts and Institutions – Soon you’ll be able to sort based on publications, citations, and more!

• More Creation Process Improvements – We’re continuing to refine the Fast Build experience based on your feedback.

Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to enhance Nature Navigator to support your research needs. Have feedback or feature requests? We’d love to hear from you!

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At Nature Navigator, we’re committed to making research discovery more seamless, efficient, and insightful. This month, we’ve introduced key updates to enhance your experience, from refreshed topics to improved usability. Here’s a look at what’s new and what’s coming next

🔗 Seamless Collaboration with Topic Sharing

Collaboration just got easier! With the new Topic Sharing feature in Nature Navigator, you can now seamlessly share topics with your peers and managers, enabling faster reviews, streamlined feedback, and more efficient iterations.

📌 All topics updated

We continuously refresh our topics to ensure you’re accessing the latest research insights. With this update, you’ll find newly indexed papers across all research domains, helping you stay informed about emerging trends and breakthroughs.

🆕 Focus on Recently added publications to a topic

Navigating newly added research has never been easier! The All Publications module now features a “What’s New” indicator, allowing you to quickly identify recently updated articles. This enhancement ensures that you can effortlessly track the latest developments in your field.

✍️ Regenerate summaries on topic introduction tab

Now, you have the ability to request regenerated topic introduction summaries. This ensures that each topic summary remains clear, concise, and aligned with the most current research, making it easier to grasp key concepts at a glance.

📩 Get an email notification when your topic preview is ready

Waiting for a topic preview? No more checking back manually! With this update, you’ll receive an email notification as soon as your topic preview is ready—helping you stay focused and efficient.

✨ Stay Tuned: Exciting New Features Coming Soon

🔧 Admin portal – to manage users effectively

For organizations using Nature Navigator, an Admin Module is on the way! This will empower institutions and teams to manage users more efficiently, ensuring smoother collaboration and access control.

⚡ Faster topic creation

We’re making topic creation even faster! Soon, you’ll be able to generate research topics more quickly, reducing the time needed to surface key insights and supporting faster decision-making.

Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to enhance Nature Navigator to support your research needs. Have feedback or feature requests? We’d love to hear from you!

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As we step into a fresh year, we’re excited to unveil the latest updates and enhancements to Nature Navigator! These changes are designed to make your experience smoother, smarter, and more impactful. From powerful new features to new metrics, we're here to help you achieve more in 2025. Stay tuned as we share the highlights that will redefine how you connect with insights, experts, and opportunities. Let's make this year one of growth and innovation—together!

🎓 Expert Finder Tab: Enhanced with New Metrics!

We’ve introduced additional metrics to the Expert Finder tab, offering richer insights to help you identify and collaborate with the right experts faster.

Table Design Upgrade: Navigate large tables effortlessly with fixed columns, horizontal scrolling, and a static first column.

🗣 Feedback Just Got Easier

The Feedback Widget is now LIVE! Here's why you'll love it:

• Effortless Feedback Sharing: Take screenshots, attach images, and provide feedback directly on Navigator—no extra steps needed.

• Personalized Follow-Ups: Feedback is now tied to your user profile, making tracking and follow-ups seamless.

Start sharing your feedback now, and let’s continue building something extraordinary together.

✨ Stay Tuned: Exciting New Features Coming Soon

🤝 Collaborate with Ease: Topic Sharing is Coming Soon!

Get ready to take teamwork to the next level. Soon, you’ll be able to share topics with your team directly on the platform. Here’s what you can expect:

• Seamless Collaboration: Share insights and stay aligned with your team effortlessly.

• Faster Decision-Making: Bring everyone on the same page in just a few clicks.

• Sneak Peek: Stay tuned—we’ll be sharing more details soon!

Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to enhance your research experience!

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Nature Index collaborations highlight the most fruitful institutional collaborations that lead to high quality research around the world. Naturally, proximate institutions collaborate the most, which hides the many benefits from collaboration further afield. To address this, the overall leading international collaborators are shown as well as the leading collaborations involving countries/territories outside the top 50 (broadening collaborators).

https://www.nature.com/nature-index/institution-collaboration

We have added research topics to the Nature Index.
Nature Research Intelligence Topics are generated from networks of articles that either cite each other or are highly similar, resulting in over 30,000 unique topics. Organized into a 4-level hierarchy, the Nature Index presents topics from the 2nd level in natural and health sciences, that have enough articles to provide actionable insights.

Each topic page contains an auto-generated summary, tables of leading institutions and countries/territories, 5-year trend data and a list of the top collaborators. In addition on institution-specific pages, the new “Leading research topics” table highlights an institution’s areas of strength.

https://www.nature.com/nature-index/topics

We’re excited to share some big updates that have just been rolled out on Nature Navigator! Our goal is to continuously enhance your experience and provide powerful tools for research and strategic decision-making.

In this edition, you’ll find important updates on new functionality, improved tools, and a quick survey request to share your insights. Your feedback is invaluable in shaping the future of Nature Navigator and ensuring it continues to meet your research goals.

Thank you for being part of our community—we’re eager to hear your thoughts!

Benchmarking Tab Enhancements

1. The Benchmarking tab has been updated with additional metrics, giving you deeper insights into your research impact and comparisons:

   • Field Citation, Relative Citation Ratio…and more, helping you understand your organization’s performance at an even more granular level.

Export Functionality*

You can now export Benchmarking and Expert Finder lists! Easily download and share your insights with colleagues, teams, and stakeholders, making collaboration simpler than ever.

*select customers only

Institute Network in Topic Benchmarking

Our new Institute Network feature allows you to visualize the network of organizations involved in specific topics. This gives you a clearer understanding of collaboration patterns and institutional connections within your field.

Expert Finder and Benchmarking: Explore Without Zooming into Subtopics!

You can now explore the list of experts and organizations directly at the topic level without needing to select specific subtopics. This new functionality allows for quicker, more efficient insights into key players in your field, helping you find the right connections and benchmarks with ease.

✨ Stay Tuned: Exciting New Features Coming Soon

🔗 Soon, you’ll be able to link directly to your favorite researchers and organizations right from the network charts!

This new functionality will make it easier than ever to explore connections, dive deeper into collaborations, and access critical information about key players in your field—all at your fingertips.

Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to enhance your research experience!

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As we stride into the blooming days of spring, we're thrilled to present a comprehensive overview of the latest developments and enhancements on Navigator. April has been a month of momentum and transformation, where we've continued to push the boundaries of excellence in meeting your evolving needs. Join us on this journey as we delve into the highlights of April and celebrate the strides we've made in elevating your experience.

Effortless Editing:

You can now effortlessly edit your draft topics initiated via the DOI flow.
You will have visibility for the count of valid articles from the DOI list file you upload while creating a topic.

Simplified Navigation:

"My Draft Topics" is now consolidated under the simplified label "My Topics" for clearer navigation. Within this section, you can find both draft and published topics clearly differentiated, ensuring better organization and ease of access.

Delete a Topic:

With this new functionality, you're in the driver's seat of your content. Whether you're tidying up your workspace or simply refining your focus, deleting topics is now just a click away. No need to wait for assistance. Streamline your workflow and keep your Nature Navigator library effortlessly organized.

Take control, delete with confidence! Under the 'My Topics' all topics whether in drafts or published can now be deleted by you with a simple click. Every topic tile has a 'Delete topic' option (visible when you hover over the topic tile).

Library Refresh:

All existing topics in the library have been refreshed with comprehensive topic descriptions.

🐞 Other Bug Fixes:

• Expert Networks Zoom In/Out: Zoom functionality glitch resolved for smoother navigation.

• Limit Warnings: No more limit warning messages during organization topic limit checks, ensuring a seamless user experience.

• Dropdown Organization List Fixed: Dropdown list in the "My Institute Topics" tab no longer overlaps with topic cards.

• Topic Anatomy: We removed the non-functional buttons on the topic anatomy (lower left circles of each anatomy entry)

*Photo by Sebastian Staines on Unsplash

As we bid farewell to March, we're thrilled to share a roundup of all the incredible enhancements and updates we've made to Navigator over the past month.

From fine-tuning features to introducing brand-new functionalities, we've been hard at work to ensure that your experience with Navigator continues to soar to new heights.

🔧 Expert Networks Loading Fixed:

You can now bid goodbye to the bug that was causing some networks not to load. All expert networks will now load perfectly! All thanks to our new architecture with improved handling of graph data.

🛠️ Topic Metadata Issue Rectified:

We've addressed the issue with topic metadata, ensuring that details like academic age, h-index, citations count, etc., are now accurately reflected with the latest updates.

🏫 Institution Ranking Data:

Institution ranking data is now available for all topics, whether you're creating a new topic or have an existing one. Dive deeper into insights with this valuable addition.

🔍Semantic Search on All Publications (Beta version live):

You can now retrieve more focused reading lists through the semantic search in the All Publications tab. Just a friendly reminder that this is still in Beta mode and we're all ears for your feedback! Let's make this journey together even more awesome with your insights!

✨Creator Journey:

As you continue to create new topics in Navigator you'll now notice this journey has been uplifted with new designs, promising you a refined experience

📈 Uplifting Visualisations and Other minor Improvements:

• Column Chart in Introduction tab improved; Other visualisations in progress.

• Changes made to styling of the synonym chips in the topic creator to clearly depict different states like selected, deselected and hover.

• Fixed placement of Next button on the Topic Creator Screen

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