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 The past, present and future of science publishing. 

Long read from me giving the history (not always told well), details of how journals actually work (useful for young scientists and to clarify for old hands), and discussion of how the future could look in a post-preprint world (spoiler: academia could get this wrong). 

https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002234

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 @9c291b08 great article Richard! Really clear, clean and fair summary of the state of things.