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Nature 397, 558 (18 February 1999) | doi:10.1038/17473

Open Innovation Challenges

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Why Spanish science is at a standstill

Angel Baltanás1 & Isabel Castro1

  1. Dept. de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autnoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain

You reported the case of Antonio Férriz Mas, a Spanish astrophysicist who has taken the University of Salamanca to court after being rejected for an associate professorship1. Your editorial2 made comments on the appointment process in Spanish universities and its alleged role as a significant obstacle to the development of science in Spain.