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    • Public preprint feedback – FAQ
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    • Open letter on the publication of journal peer review reports
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A preprint is usually the same manuscript that is submitted to a journal, although other types of information that are currently difficult to publish (e.g. negative results) could be transmitted. Please see our related questions in the “Submitting preprints” section.

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We thank our previous funders (The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, Open Society Foundations, the Simons, Sloan, Arnold, and Moore Foundations as well as The Wellcome Trust, Medical Research Council, and Canadian Institutes of Health Research) and our hosts (the National Institutes of Health, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the National Academies, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences) for supporting our meetings and activities.

 

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