Ten simple rules to consider regarding preprint submission

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Bourne, Philip E ^a   Polka, Jessica K ^b   Vale, Ronald D ^c   Kiley, Robert ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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ACCESS TO INFORMATION; COURSE CONTENT; EDITORIAL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRINTING; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH PRIORITY; REVIEW; ALGORITHM; CHECKLIST; DOCUMENTATION; PEER REVIEW; PROCEDURES; WRITING;

ALGORITHMS; CHECKLIST; DOCUMENTATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; WRITING;

EID: 85020078095     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005473     Document Type: Editorial

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