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Thank you, Victor.</div>
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Internationally, there is a network called Scholars at Risk that provides the kind of support Victor describes...</div>
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Information can be found here:</div>
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<a href="https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/" id="LPNoLP138693">https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/</a>
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The University of Ottawa is involved and has hosted scholars at risk.</div>
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Direct sponsorship of open access by a government that actively directs research is not
<i>necessarily</i> problematic, i.e. most of this research is likely valid and should be published. However, there are two major potential problems arising from government interference with scholarly research.</div>
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Government control of research is an example of control by a party that may benefit or be harmed by the results. This is a conflict of interest. An example of a similar situation from pharma: if the pharmaceutical industry has control over pharma research,
side effects that could have a negative impact on drug approval can be downplayed or omitted. Similarly, a government that actively directs research can prohibit publication of facts that could discourage investment in a country. This is what as known colloquially
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If readers are only aware of the works that a censoring<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> government decides to permit, this in effect makes it possible for the government to give the world's
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Both of these problems are major ones for understanding the world we live in, and illustrate why academic freedom is needed for all of us, not just particular
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 12, 2019 5:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> RADICALOPENACCESS@JISCMAIL.AC.UK <RADICALOPENACCESS@JISCMAIL.AC.UK><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [GOAL] SpringerOpen, Egypt and academic freedom</font>
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<div class="PlainText">Attention : courriel externe | external email<br>
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Dear all,<br>
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ElHassan makes a good point about the propaganda value of the<br>
initiative. Otherwise I am missing arguments why making it easier for<br>
Egyptian researchers to publish in Open Access journals is a threat to<br>
their freedom of research. Governments having physical access to the<br>
researchers is the threat.<br>
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Germany has foundations that help scientists (as well as authors,<br>
artists and journalists) under threat to take a sabbatical. I hope other<br>
countries have similar schemes and that everyone has a watch out for<br>
possibly threatened colleagues they know.<br>
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Under the Trump regime already many climate scientists have lost their<br>
position. I try to provide some counter weight by spreading this<br>
information on social media.<br>
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Are there other effective ways to support the freedom of research in<br>
other countries?<br>
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Publishing under a Creative Commons Attribution license should be no<br>
problem. The license gives others the right to spread the original. If<br>
there is any risk from it being known who wrote article X, it would stem<br>
from the original. No matter which license is used, the authors may opt<br>
to use pseudonyms.<br>
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If I recall correctly papers have been retracted for authors not using<br>
their real names. I wish all publishers would allow the use of<br>
pseudonyms to support researchers under threat. Only if pseudonyms hide<br>
a conflict of interest I see a problem. And maybe the ORCID system could<br>
have an option where a researcher can later claim credit for articles<br>
published under a pseudonym once the situation is saver again.<br>
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With best regards,<br>
Victor Venema<br>
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Victor Venema<br>
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ISTI Parallel Observations Science Team<br>
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Meteorological Institute<br>
University of Bonn<br>
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Germany<br>
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<a href="http://www2.meteo.uni-bonn.de/victor">http://www2.meteo.uni-bonn.de/victor</a><br>
E-mail: Victor.Venema@grassroots.is<br>
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There is no need to answer my mails in your free time.<br>
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