In praise of preprints

Microbial Genomics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2019, Pages

  Fry, Norman K ^a   Marshal, Helina ^b   Mellins Cohen, Tasha ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c Microbiology Society   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Editorial policy; Peer review; Preprints; Social media

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

AUTISM; EDITORIAL; ENTEROPATHY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH PRIORITY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; VISIBILITY; HUMAN; PEER REVIEW;

HUMANS; MANUSCRIPTS AS TOPIC; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PREPRINTS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85065509953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20575858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000259     Document Type: Editorial

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