Open Access Week 2024 is a good time to reflect on the challenges faced by an important component in the open access ecosystem — preprint servers.
Open Access and Preprints
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As researchers, publishing our work is important for two main reasons. It helps us gain recognition for doing…
Peer review is an essential part of science publishing, and although it has been criticized many times, it remains the most accepted way to assess the quality of research papers.…
Peer review is a way by which manuscripts can be assessed for their quality. Reviewers scrutinize the draft of a journal article, grant application, or other work and provide…