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Maintaining global science collaboration during conflict requires fairer rules

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  1. Emmanuel Chidiebere Edeh

    1. Shanghai University, Shanghai, China.

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    1. Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China.

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Scientific collaboration has long been regarded as one of the few domains capable of transcending geopolitics. However, as global tensions increasingly shape international research, an unintended consequence is emerging: institutional affiliation is becoming a proxy for political identity.

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Nature 658, 572 (2026)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-03176-y

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