Nature Index 2020

WHY IN NEWS?

• Nature index 2020 which rates institutions based on research published in top journals has been released recently.

ABOUT THE 2020 REPORT:

• The Nature Index is a database of author affiliation information collated from research articles published in an independently selected group of 82 high-quality science journals.
• The database is compiled by Nature research. The Nature Index provides a close to real-time proxy of high-quality research output and collaboration at the institutional, national and regional level.
• Globally the top-rated Indian institutions in this list are Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), a group of 39 institutions at the 160th position and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore at the 184th position.

PRELIMS QUESTION:

Q. ‘Nature index’, published by nature research, is an indicator of:

1. Biodiversity protection
2. Quality of research
3. Corruption in Government
4. Climate Change adaptation

Answer to Prelims question