In unserem Podcast sprechen wir mit @scinoptica.bsky.social von der @uni-saarland.de über ein Phänomen, das in vielen Debatten rund um #OpenScience mitschwingt: #OpenWashing. Was ist das eigentlich und woran erkenne ich es? Was sind die Folgen für Wissenschaft und Transparenz? zbw.to/CZFmZ

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Springer-Nature launched a series of "Discover" journals that closely mimic MDPI titles -- sharing *identical* journal names, and likely similar business model. What is going on, and why researcher will - as always - fall for it? A 🧵 the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io/website/post...

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l'Université de Lorraine has reallocated the funds freed up when they stopped subscribing to Wiley's journals bundle, enabling univlorraine.bsky.social to increase its #scienceouvert contributions to €134,000 or 7% of the university’s subscriptions budget. scienceouverte.univ-lorraine.fr/en/home/

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Wie offen ist #OpenAccess wirklich? Ulrich Herb ‪ (@uni-saarland.de) gibt im oa_blog Einblicke in die neue Veranstaltungsreihe Open Divide 2025/2026, die die Schattenseiten der OA-Transformation beleuchtet. open-access.network/blog/ein-kri... #WissKomm #DiamondOpenAccess #Bibliothek

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Thanks for adding your thoughts here. I can imagine a world where a publish-review-curate model could work, but it assumes that there is enough of the "review" part occurring. I'm not convinced that this is happening on any of the preprint servers as it currently stands.

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