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Editorial
. 2018 Apr 16;15(4):e1002563.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002563. eCollection 2018 Apr.

Preprints in medical research: Progress and principles

Larry Peiperl  1 ; PLOS Medicine Editors
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Editorial

Preprints in medical research: Progress and principles

Larry Peiperl et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

In this month's editorial, the PLOS Medicine Editors discuss the role of preprints in human health research and propose a 3-part framework for ensuring benefit.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors' individual competing interests are at http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/s/staff-editors. PLOS is funded partly through manuscript publication charges, but the PLOS Medicine Editors are paid a fixed salary (their salaries are not linked to the number of papers published in the journal).

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