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. 2018 May;19(5):e45731.
doi: 10.15252/embr.201845731. Epub 2018 Apr 12.

Put science first and formatting later

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Put science first and formatting later

Aziz Khan et al. EMBO Rep. 2018 May.

Abstract

Scientists spend considerable efforts with reformatting their research articles before each new submission. A widely adopted format‐free submission process would save them valuable time to do research instead.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Density (y‐axis) plot of the stated rejection rate percentages (x‐axis) from 300 randomly selected academic journals in life sciences and biomedicine
Data were collected in March 2016 4, 5.

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