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The Case for Open Preprints in Biology

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  • Philippe Desjardins-Proulx
  • Ethan P White
  • Joel J Adamson
  • Karthik Ram
  • Timothée Poisot
  • Dominique Gravel

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: Biologists should submit their preprints to open servers, a practice common in mathematics and physics, to open and accelerate the scientific process.

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  • Philippe Desjardins-Proulx & Ethan P White & Joel J Adamson & Karthik Ram & Timothée Poisot & Dominique Gravel, 2013. "The Case for Open Preprints in Biology," PLOS Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(5), pages 1-5, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pbio00:1001563
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001563
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