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Open Update #36 (2021-11-23)

Open Update

English - November 23, 2021 18:11 - 4 minutes - 10.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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In this week's episode, we talk about the unpaid labor of reviewers, researchers struggle to retain access to Sci-Hub, and the beta launch of OpenAlex.


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PEOPLE behind the podcast


Narrator: Chris Hartgerink


Mixing: Bjorn Uyens


Artwork: Patrick Sobrak-Seaton


Contact: [email protected] or @libscie




SOURCES


Silke Helfrich passed away


https://twitter.com/commonify/status/1460421667654717440?s=12


COVID drug licensing


https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/11/1105862


Black students = more debt + fewer grants


https://www.science.org/content/article/blackstudents-take-more-debt-and-get-fewer-slots-grants-data-show


NPOS2030 consultation


https://survey.surf.nl/index.php/493148


Unpaid labor of review? Billions


https://researchintegrityjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41073-021-00118-2


Sci-Hub motion against block


https://torrentfreak.com/sci-hub-researchers-file-intervention-application-to-fight-isp-blocking-211119/


OpenAlex beta


https://openalex.org/

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