In praise of preprints

Norman K. Fry; Helina Marshall; Tasha Mellins-Cohen

doi:10.1099/mic.0.000785

In praise of preprints

Norman K. Fry^*, Helina Marshall, Tasha Mellins-Cohen

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Strathclyde Institute Of Pharmacy And Biomedical Sciences

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Abstract

Tom Sheldon’s article published in July 2018 entitled ‘Preprints could promote confusion and distortion’ [1] generated some heated debate and responses in both social media and the scientific literature [2–4]. Here we present some thoughts and views from the Microbiology Society, a notfor-profit membership charity for scientists interested in microbes and the publisher of a number of international peer-reviewed journals.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	489-491
Number of pages	3
Journal	Microbiology (United Kingdom)
Volume	165
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.000785
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2019

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editorial policy
peer review
preprints
social media
scientific literature
Microbiology Society
peer-reviewed journals
publication

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