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. 'Posting and referencing bioRxiv papers has become so common these days that, in some fields, people can raise an eyebrow if you don't post your work there, jokingly asking 'Have they got something to hide'',' says Richard Sever, chief science and strategy officer at openRxiv, who is based in New York City. Set up last year, openRxiv is the...
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