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| | blog.zbmed.de
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| | In December 2024, ZB MED finalised a nationwide consortium framework agreement for open access publications between the publisher MDPI and German research institutions. The consortium has already attracted participation from over one hundred German universities, universities of applied sciences, and other research organizations [1]. Despite its success, however, the initiative has sparked some controversy. We see this as an opportunity to clarify the process behind consortium negotiations and shed light on the role of our consortium office, using MDPI as a case study.
| | talyarkoni.org
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| | A long, long time ago (in social media terms), I wrote a post defending Facebook against accusations of ethical misconduct related to a newly-published study in PNAS. I won't rehash the study...
| | ketanjoshi.co
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| | Last year's 'Conceptual Penis' hoax featured a parody gender studies paper rejected by a range of publications and finally published in a dodgy, pay-to-publish one. I wrote about it here. They claimed that publication was indicative of corruption and ideology in gender studies. My core gripe wasn't the overblown conclusions - it was the intent...
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| I'd hoped to get through all of the SIGIR 2009 Industry Track before blogging about anything else (such as Yahoo! search going bada-Bing), but clearly I'm taking too long. So I'm following Daniel Lemire's suggestion that I post a recent comment on Lance Fortnow's blog (actually a response to his CACM column entitled "Time for...