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Journal of Responsible Innovation Volume 7, 2020 - Issue sup2: Special Issue: Luck as a Challenge for the Responsible Governance of Science and Technology; Guest Editors: Martin Sand and Samantha Copeland
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Two dogmas of peer-reviewism

Lambros RoumbanisScore, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages S129-S133 | Received 24 Aug 2020, Accepted 20 Nov 2020, Published online: 22 Dec 2020

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