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How bioRxiv changed the way biologists share ideas

Nature·@ChrisSimms·8 months ago
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Neuroscience is the most represented field on the life-sciences preprint server bioRxiv.Credit: TEK Image/Science Photo Library A comprehensive analysis of submissions to the preprint server bioRxiv has revealed a steady growth in the number of scientists uploading their findings to the platform — while neuroscientists have cemented their place as its the top users. In total, researchers have now posted more than 310,000 preprints to bioRxiv since it first launched in 2013, and the site receives about ten million views every month (see ‘The growth of bioRxiv’). The work also hints that the benefits of quick dissemination of research are winning over those who feared that non-peer-reviewed preprints could cause a loss of rigorous quality control in scientific publishing.…

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