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The Case for Open Preprints in Biology

Philippe Desjardins-Proulx, Ethan P. White, Joel Adamson, Karthik Ram, Timothée Poisot, Dominique Gravel

PLoS Biology · 2013 · 85 citations · 8 references

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An article on preprints in biology. It was developed on github (https://github.com/PhDP/article_preprint) and appeared in PLOS Biology (http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001563):<br><br> Desjardins-Proulx P, White EP, Adamson JJ, Ram K, Poisot T, et al. (2013) The Case for Open Preprints in Biology. PLoS Biol 11(5): e1001563. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001563

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