Nature Methods是一本生命科学领域的方法学顶级期刊。该期刊前些年每年发文不足百篇，近两年稍多一些，也仅有一百多篇；国内学者在该期刊上的发文呈现逐年增加的态势，去年国内学者作为（共同）通讯作者在该期刊参与发表了约30篇研究论文。而在近日（12月10日-12月12日），国内机构连续三天在该期刊上连发三文。

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This PhD programme offers the chance to undertake a substantial piece of work that is worthy of publication and which makes an original contribution to the field of ...

Defined as “the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements,” project management has “always been practiced informally,” according to ...

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