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Group identities make social tipping unreliable
Social tipping interventions offer an indirect way to trigger change at scale, ranging from social justice to climate change. Yet, what happens when social tipping interventions meet ordinary but ingrained group identities? To examine this, we implemented an experiment around the 2020 US election.
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Flexible Publishing Models for Authors from Under-Resourced Settings: A Call for a Radical Change
There is a growing concern on the unaffordable open access fees for researchers located in low- and middle-income countries. These researchers are facing a serious challenge to publish their research, particularly, given the rapid expansion of open access journals that do not waive the publishing fees for these scientists in under-resourced settings. A new flexible waiving model is needed given the considerable limitations of the World Bank Classification.
Is it publish or perish?
Researchers across career stages and disciplines share their thoughts on publishing while training for a PhD.
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