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. 2023 Dec 21;19(12):e1011689.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011689. eCollection 2023 Dec.

Ten simple rules for writing a PLOS Computational Biology quick tips article

Patricia M Palagi  1 , Russell Schwartz  2 , Scott Markel  3 , B F Francis Ouellette  4
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Ten simple rules for writing a PLOS Computational Biology quick tips article

Patricia M Palagi et al. PLoS Comput Biol. .
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Conflict of interest statement

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: All authors are currently PLOS Computational Biology Section Editors.

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Fig 1. Summary of the Ten Simple Rules presented in this manuscript.
Fig 2
Fig 2. Distribution of the number of tips presented in the 36 Quick Tips articles from 2020–09 to 2023–10 [22].
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