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Wolfgang Wick, Vorsitzender des Wissenschaftsrats ab Februar 2023 (refer to: Wolfgang Wick | Chair of the German Science and Humanities Council)

Wolfgang Wick | Chair of the German Science and Humanities Council

Wolfgang Wick, a neuro-oncologist at Heidelberg University Hospital, became the new chairman of the German Science and Humanities Council effective February 1, 2023.

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Recommendations on the Transformation of Academic Publishing: Towards Open Access (9477-22_en), January 2022 event Publication Date 24.01.2022 event Science and Society

The faster and more widely research results are received and discussed, the faster other scientists can build on them. It was not only the COVID-19 pandemic that made it clear that immediate free access to new scientific findings is of great importance for the progress of science and for society. The German Science and Humanities Council therefore advocates that the final versions (version of record) of scientific publications be made freely available immediately, permanently, at the original place of publication and under an open licence (CC BY). Read more