Openwashing and greenwashing in academic publishing
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scientific publishing, commercial publishing, open access, open science, openwashingAbstract
In this response to Andringa et al. (2024), Mirjam Broersma discusses two pitfalls of the current system of academic publishing: ‘openwashing’ and ‘greenwashing’.
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