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As part of the tenth anniversary of the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), I am organizing a roundtable on publisher bans and blacklists.

Publishers like MDPI and Frontiers have grown rapidly. But some institutions have created policies to stop their scientists from submitting articles to these publishers. This event examines whether such bans are consistent with DORA and academic freedom.

When: 15 May 2023, 10:00 am Eastern.

Where: Online.

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Read about this and other events for DORA’s anniversary.

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