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Re:German research institutions boycott Elsevier by blockchain-aes on Thursday December 15, 2016 @05:48PM (#13189386)
Funders are the key to a long overdue change of the academic merit system.

Here is a proposal:

Towards Open Science: The Case for a Decentralized Autonomous Academic Endorsement System

http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.60054

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Re:German research institutions boycott Elsevier by cknight on Thursday December 15, 2016 @05:56PM (#13189457)
Cheers! Gonna read this. My SO (scientist) and I were just recently discussing the idea of funders as an alternative, but not to any level as detailed as this proposal.
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Re:German research institutions boycott Elsevier by blockchain-aes on Thursday December 15, 2016 @05:59PM (#13189482)
Great - feedback welcome!
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