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Bibliometrics or Peer Review for Research Assessment: Is That the Right Question?

May 6, 2021

A low agreement between bibliometrics and peer review at the level of individual article indicates that metrics should not replace peer review at the level of individual article.

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Stock Buybacks Stand in the Way of Biden鈥檚 Infrastructure Plan

Apr 7, 2021

Hedge fund managers are pushing American firms to play Wall Street games instead of investing in technologies of the future. China doesn鈥檛 have that problem.

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Wikipedia鈥檚 Deep Ties to Big Tech

Apr 5, 2021

Contrary to its image as a cash-strapped, transparent public service, Wikipedia is a wealthy NGO with close ties to big tech companies that it tries to obscure

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Paper: Structural Transformation, Economic Development and Industrialization in Post-Covid-19 Africa

Jan 14, 2021

While Africa鈥檚 鈥減remature deindustrialization鈥 appears to be the dominant global narrative, recent analysis of the data suggests that de-industrialization is not the common experience for the majority of African countries