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<journal-title>Journal for Reproducibility in
Neuroscience</journal-title>
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<issn publication-format="electronic">2670-3815</issn>
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<publisher-name>Publishers of Trial and Error</publisher-name>
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<article-title>Preprints: a tool and a vehicle towards greater
reproducibility in the life sciences</article-title>
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<contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0003-1258-0746</contrib-id>
<name>
<surname>Puebla</surname>
<given-names>Iratxe</given-names>
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<institution>ASAPbio, Cambridge, United Kingdom</institution>
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<day>30</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
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<volume>2</volume>
<elocation-id>preprints-a-tool</elocation-id>
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  <title><bold>Abstract</bold></title>
  <p>We have seen a number of initiatives arise in recent years aiming
  to tackle concerns around the reproducibility of published findings.
  Researchers in the life sciences now have a number of tools at their
  disposal to boost the reproducibility of their science and preprints
  have emerged as an instrumental element within this toolkit. Preprints
  broaden the when, by whom and how of the review and feedback on
  research compared to the journal publication process, help address
  publication bias, and can play an important role as a vehicle towards
  open science practices. Preprints hold further untapped potential to
  close the gap between discovery and dissemination, and to accelerate
  the path to a more reproducible research ecosystem.</p>
  <p><bold>Keywords: </bold><italic>preprints, reproducibility, open
  science, publication bias, peer review</italic></p>
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