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Jul 11, 2022

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.

Khalid El Bairi

May 18, 2022

Top 100 in Neuroscience | Scientific Reports

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Top 100 in Neuroscience | Scientific Reports

Antonia Eisenkoeck

Apr 11, 2022

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The association between social connections and economic mobility: In Conversation with Raj Chetty, Johannes Stroebel and Matthew O. Jackson

Premium Content Editor Nature

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The association between social connections and economic mobility: In Conversation with Raj Chetty, Johannes Stroebel and Matthew O. Jackson

Mary Elizabeth Sutherland

Sep 07, 2022

The luck of the draw

Contributor Nature Comms

After the Paper

The luck of the draw

Wilma A. Bainbridge

Jan 15, 2021

Contributor Nature Climate Change

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The threat of political bargaining to climate mitigation in Brazil

The paper we published in Nature Climate Change in 2018 took us to a new level of scientific exposure, increasing our responsibility to continually improve our work, but at the same time improved our confidence in continuing to carry out more ambitious and relevant research into the future.

Roberto Schaeffer

Dec 30, 2020

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Don't miss our Research Data webinar with Figshare: driving open science through data sharing

The need for research data to be made available is being increasingly recognised, for example in policy announcements by NIH and WHOSTP. Join us for a conversation on the development of Springer Nature's data policies, practical initiatives and implications for Open Research publishing

Graham Smith

Sep 16, 2022

Virtual Vision Sciences Society meeting 2021

Editor Nat Rev Psychology

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