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. 2017 Mar 15:6:e25410.
doi: 10.7554/eLife.25410.

An inside guide to eLife digests

Stuart Rf King  1 , Emma Pewsey  1 , Sarah Shailes  1
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An inside guide to eLife digests

Stuart Rf King et al. Elife. .

Abstract

After summarizing over 2,400 articles in plain language, the eLife Features team shares what it has learnt about writing and editing for a broad audience.

Keywords: plain-language summaries; plain-language summaries of research; public engagement; scientific publishing.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that no competing interests exist.

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