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Data at the doorstep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 September 2023

Laurens Schlicht ,
Sophie Ledebur  and
Anna Echterhölter
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Science in Context , Volume 34 , Issue 4: Data at the doorstep , December 2021 , pp. 411 - 421
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