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Has the time come for preprints in biology?

Needhi Bhalla
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/045799
Needhi Bhalla
Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 email: phone: (831) 459-1319 fax: (831) 459-3139 Twitter: @NeedhiBhalla
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Abstract

Preprints, non-peer reviewed drafts of manuscripts available on the internet, have been used in conjunction with peer review and publication in journals in the physical sciences for almost 25 years. Recently, more scientists have been discussing whether preprints can play a similar role in biological and biomedical research. Here, I discuss my excitement and concerns about the role that preprints can play in disseminating research findings in the life sciences.

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Has the time come for preprints in biology?
Needhi Bhalla
bioRxiv 045799; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/045799
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Needhi Bhalla
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