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How many medieval and early modern manuscripts were copied by female scribes? A bibliometric analysis based on colophons]]> Åslaug OmmundsenAidan Keally ContiØystein Ariansen HaalandBodil Holst doi:10.1057/s41599-025-04666-6 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 2025-03-08; | doi:10.1057/s41599-025-04666-6 2025-03-08 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 10.1057/s41599-025-04666-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-04666-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-04614-4 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 08 March 2025; doi:10.1057/s41599-025-04614-4

Digital infrastructure construction and corporate innovation efficiency: evidence from Broadband China Strategy]]> Xuanwei ZhaoFangzhu Dong doi:10.1057/s41599-025-04614-4 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 2025-03-08; | doi:10.1057/s41599-025-04614-4 2025-03-08 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 10.1057/s41599-025-04614-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-04614-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-04593-6 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 08 March 2025; doi:10.1057/s41599-025-04593-6

Algorithmic personalization: a study of knowledge gaps and digital media literacy]]> Vaclav MoravecNik HynekMarinko SkareBeata GavurovaVolodymyr Polishchuk doi:10.1057/s41599-025-04593-6 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 2025-03-08; | doi:10.1057/s41599-025-04593-6 2025-03-08 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 10.1057/s41599-025-04593-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-04593-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-04669-3 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 08 March 2025; doi:10.1057/s41599-025-04669-3

Affiliation around tensions: strategies for aligning with putative readers through counter-expectation resources in media editorials]]> Feifei LiuWei HeMichele Zappavigna doi:10.1057/s41599-025-04669-3 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 2025-03-08; | doi:10.1057/s41599-025-04669-3 2025-03-08 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 10.1057/s41599-025-04669-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-04669-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-04624-2 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 08 March 2025; doi:10.1057/s41599-025-04624-2

Migrants and income changes under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic in China: the role of community support]]> Yue WangShangao WangHonggen ZhuYu Liu doi:10.1057/s41599-025-04624-2 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 2025-03-08; | doi:10.1057/s41599-025-04624-2 2025-03-08 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 10.1057/s41599-025-04624-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-04624-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-04683-5 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 08 March 2025; doi:10.1057/s41599-025-04683-5

Why do travelers discontinue using integrated ride-hailing platforms? The role of perceived value and perceived risk]]> Ke LuChunmei Shi doi:10.1057/s41599-025-04683-5 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 2025-03-08; | doi:10.1057/s41599-025-04683-5 2025-03-08 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 10.1057/s41599-025-04683-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-04683-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-04667-5 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 08 March 2025; doi:10.1057/s41599-025-04667-5

What makes a man unmanly? The global concept of ‘unmanliness’]]> Magdalena ŻadkowskaTomasz SzlendakRadosław KossakowskiNatasza Kosakowska-Berezecka doi:10.1057/s41599-025-04667-5 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 2025-03-08; | doi:10.1057/s41599-025-04667-5 2025-03-08 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 10.1057/s41599-025-04667-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-04667-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-04696-0 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 08 March 2025; doi:10.1057/s41599-025-04696-0

Impact of green bonds on CO₂ emissions and disaggregated level renewable electricity in China and the United States of America]]> 2 emissions and disaggregated level renewable electricity in China and the United States of America]]> Mustafa Tevfik KartalUgur Korkut PataAndrew Adewale Alola doi:10.1057/s41599-025-04696-0 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 2025-03-08; | doi:10.1057/s41599-025-04696-0 2025-03-08 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 10.1057/s41599-025-04696-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-04696-0