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Notes by Richard Sever | export

 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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Mastodon accounts now available for every subject category  https://connect.biorxiv.org/news/2023/09/27/biorxiv_expands_on_social_platforms