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One lesson from COVID-19: Achieving equitable vaccines distribution globally

A more equitable global distribution of vaccines can benefit the world, while a multilateral benefit-sharing instrument needs to be developed to remove some of the disincentives for early equitable vaccine distribution globally.

Daoping Wang and 2 others

Mar 29, 2023

Scientific Organizations Making Political Endorsements Can Undermine Public Trust in Scientific Expertise

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Scientific Organizations Making Political Endorsements Can Undermine Public Trust in Scientific Expertise

Mar 28, 2023

Moral reasoning and moral competence as predictors of cooperative behavior in a social dilemma

We will present the background, the research process and the future directions of this project so as to stimulate the discussion regarding the study of morality and cooperation.

Rubén Andrés Miranda-Rodríguez and 1 other

Mar 27, 2023

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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 2023? — according to GPT

Milan Janosov

Jan 01, 2023

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Springer Nature is celebrating one million gold OA articles

Carrie Webster

Jul 11, 2022

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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.

Khalid El Bairi

May 18, 2022

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Revealing the Hidden Stories of Marginalized Scholarship

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Revealing the Hidden Stories of Marginalized Scholarship

Jennifer Bellingtier

Mar 28, 2023

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