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. 2013 Oct 22:2:e01633.
doi: 10.7554/eLife.01633.

eLife and early career researchers

Randy Schekman, Fiona M Watt, Detlef Weigel

eLife and early career researchers

Randy Schekman et al. Elife. .

Abstract

There are many reasons for submitting your best work to eLife, especially if you are an early career researcher.

Keywords: careers in science; grad school; postdocs; research assessment; science policy; scientific publishing.

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Conflict of interest statement

RS receives funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

FMW receives funding from the Wellcome Trust.

DW is employed by the Max Planck Society, and is Chair of the Council of EMBO, which runs EMBO Press.

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