Don’t Blame Open Science for Scooping
Open science is becoming more and more prevalent. Critics, however, think this approach makes it easier to steal somebody else’s ideas.

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Open science is becoming more and more prevalent. Critics, however, think this approach makes it easier to steal somebody else’s ideas.
Mike Schaefer, from the University of Zurich, investigates what factors make for a successful crowdfunding project.
[5]Frontiers dismisses 31 of its editors, based on escalated opposition to the publisher’s unique publication model.
Aside from one retraction, eight articles of ETH Zürich plant biologist Olivier Voinnet have been corrected by the journals so far. Large parts of the scientific community, however, are not exactly satisfied with them.