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Independent coverage reports the 0.23% publication decline and stronger effects among younger and highly productive Chinese researchers. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Air pollution reduced the productivity of Chinese researchers, study finds · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:940d85d66e52eecf17f7a8839199a3b1823155b8fc81a8e85133d8c2fb32293f

A Nature Human Behaviour study found that each 1 μg/m³ increase in annual PM2.5 exposure reduced Chinese scholars’ publication output by about 0.23%, with stronger effects among younger and highly productive researchers.