Natural Sciences

Natural sciences comprises the branches of science which aim to describe and understand the fundamental processes and phenomena that define our natural world, including both life sciences and physical sciences.

All Research Articles

261-280 of 5,647 ARTICLES
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.157091.2
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Analyzing Aloe vera and Avocado Seed Extracts for Antioxidants, Saponins, Tannins, Flavonoids, and Alkaloids Using the UV-VIS Spectrophotometric Method
[version 2; peer review: 5 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Didi Nurhadi Illian; Mona Luciana Gălăţanu; Ahmad Royani; Thi-Van Nguyen; Zehra Tekin
  • Funder
  • None
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 04 Nov 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.169794.1
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Algorithmic targeting in the Iranian–Israeli confrontation: Technical realities, legal thresholds, and the boundaries of human control
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Elshan Hashimov
PUBLISHED 03 Nov 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.170933.1
Research Article metrics AWAITING PEER REVIEW
How to Achieve Near-Perfect Gender Inference Accuracy in Medicine Using ChatGPT
[version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]
Peer Reviewers Invited
PUBLISHED 03 Nov 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.172049.1
Systematic Review metrics
Enterprise Architecture in Higher Education for Digital Transformation: An Integrative Review for Fragile Contexts with Application to Yemen
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Nur Azaliah Abu Bakar
PUBLISHED 31 Oct 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.171494.1
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Artificial Intelligence Adoption as a Driver of Innovation and Competitiveness in SMEs: A Bibliometric and Systematic Review
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Erstu kassa; Arjita Jain
  • Funder
  • N/A
PUBLISHED 31 Oct 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.171468.1
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DTAShiny: An Interactive R Shiny Application for Diagnostic Test Accuracy Analysis and Visualization
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Christos Nakas; Budi Sunaryo; Pedro Castaneda
PUBLISHED 30 Oct 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.156276.3
Research Article metrics
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Assessment of water quality in the piped water supply system by using Water Quality index method
[version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 5 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Taj Muhammad Jahangir; Bouselsal Boualem; Sudhir K Srivastava; Majeed Mattar Ramal; Md. Ripaj Uddin; Eden T. Wasehun
  • Funders
  • Indian Council of Social science and Research
  • Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 30 Oct 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.169999.1
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Combining implementation and data sciences to accelerate evidence integration into healthcare – ImpleMATE
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Yogeesh N; Tuan D. Pham
  • Funders
  • UNSW Research Infrastructure Scheme
  • UNSW-UTS Trustworthy Digital Society
  • MRFF Rapid Applied Research Translation grant
PUBLISHED 30 Oct 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.153918.1
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Chromosome-level genome assembly of the hamour (orange-spotted grouper), Epinephelus coioides
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Jayan Duminda M Senevirathna; Merly Escalona; Karim Gharbi
  • Funders
  • Spanish Government, Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities and Generalitat de Catalunya through the Departament de Recerca i Universitats and Departament de Salut
  • Qatar National Research Fund
  • Roslin Institute Strategic Programme Award
PUBLISHED 29 Oct 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.170420.1
Review metrics
Advancing FAIR Biodiversity Data: Bioschemas Implementation in NFDI4Biodiversity
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations, 1 not approved]
Peer Reviewers Mathias Dillen; Sharif Islam; Franck Michel
  • Funder
  • German Research Foundation
PUBLISHED 27 Oct 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.167961.1
Software Tool Article metrics
RRORPair: An Interactive R/Shiny Dashboard for Comprehensive Risk Ratio and Odds Ratio Meta-Analysis
[version 1; peer review: 2 not approved]
Peer Reviewers Naomi Bradbury; Angel Garza Reyna
PUBLISHED 27 Oct 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.163959.1
Research Article metrics AWAITING PEER REVIEW
Advanced Numerical Methods for the Fisher-Kolmogorov Reaction-Diffusion Equation: A Quintic Hermite Splines Approach with Richardson Extrapolation
[version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]
Peer Reviewers Invited
PUBLISHED 24 Oct 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.157869.3
Study Protocol metrics
Revised
Comparison of serum vitamin D level and vitamin D receptor gene FokI polymorphism in leprosy patients with and without trophic ulcers: protocol for a case-control study
[version 3; peer review: 3 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Khairuddin Djawad; Ravindra Turankar; ANABELL ALVARADO NAVARRO
  • Funder
  • Research and Development, Universitas Indonesia under the Hibah PUTI 2023 scheme
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 23 Oct 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.170886.1
Data Note metrics
A guide to selecting high-performing antibodies for Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins A2/B1(hnRNP A2/B1) (UniProt ID: P22626) for use in western blot, immunoprecipitation, and immunofluorescence
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Deborah Moshinsky; Sian E. Evans
  • Funder
  • ALS-Reproducible Antibody Platform (ALS-RAP)
PUBLISHED 23 Oct 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.168996.2
Data Note metrics
Revised
Synthetic dataset to study the performance of perovskite solar cell simulations
[version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Ejaz Hussain; Tarekuzzaman Md
  • Funder
  • This work was funded by MinCiencias-Colombia, with resources administered by ICETEX-Colombia (project code 2022- 0724)
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 22 Oct 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.171863.1
Genome Note metrics
Draft genome sequence of a predatory bacterium from northern peatland soil
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Kai Blin and Judit Szenei
  • Funders
  • Research Council of Finland
  • Kone Foundation
PUBLISHED 21 Oct 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.170810.1
Software Tool Article metrics AWAITING PEER REVIEW
DirectRepeateR: An R package for annotating direct repeats in genome assemblies
[version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]
Peer Reviewers Invited
  • Funders
  • National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the National Institutes of Health
PUBLISHED 21 Oct 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.137430.2
Brief Report metrics
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Enhancing Gender Equity in STEM Education: A Comparative Study of the Impact of School Ownership on Female Enrollment
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved with reservations, 1 not approved]
Peer Reviewers María Goretti Alonso de Castro; Uchenna Kingsley Okeke; Maria F Vieira
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 21 Oct 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.171282.1
Research Article metrics
’Spanscriptomics’: towards bioinformatics training materials in Spanish.
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Carlos C. Goller; Wei Ruan
  • Funder
  • Company of Biologists
PUBLISHED 20 Oct 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.131600.2
Genome Note metrics
Revised
The complete mitochondrial genome Hainan Gymnure, Neohylomys hainanensis
[version 2; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Michael Allen; Perinçek Seçkinozan Şeker; Kai He
  • Funder
  • Natural Science Foundation of Hainan Province
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 20 Oct 2025
261-280 of 5,647 ARTICLES
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