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The decline of astronomical research in Venezuela

Digital Libraries 2020-08-12 v1 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Physics and Society

Abstract

During the last 15 years the number of astronomy-related papers published by scientists in Venezuela has been continuously decreasing, mainly due to emigration. If rapid corrective actions are not implemented, Venezuelan astronomy could disappear.

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@article{arxiv.2008.04595,
  title  = {The decline of astronomical research in Venezuela},
  author = {Nestor Sanchez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.04595},
  year   = {2020}
}

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7 pages including 1 table and 2 figures. Comment published on Nature Astronomy. This is the author version, the published version is available at the Shareedit link https://rdcu.be/b6aWp