Saving time and money in biomedical publishing: the case for free-format submissions with minimal requirements.

Clotworthy A, Davies M, Cadman TJ, Bengtsson J, Andersen TO, Kadawathagedara M, Vinther JL, Nguyen TL, Varga TV

DOI: 10.1186/s12916-023-02882-y
Published: 2023 May 10
Container: BMC medicine
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Open access: yes

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@article{allodium:10.1186/s12916-023-02882-y,
  title = {Saving time and money in biomedical publishing: the case for free-format submissions with minimal requirements.},
  author = {Clotworthy A and Davies M and Cadman TJ and Bengtsson J and Andersen TO and Kadawathagedara M and Vinther JL and Nguyen TL and Varga TV},
  year = {2023},
  journal = {BMC medicine},
  doi = {10.1186/s12916-023-02882-y},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-023-02882-y}
}

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A, C., M, D., TJ, C., J, B., TO, A., M, K., JL, V., TL, N., & TV, V. (2023). Saving time and money in biomedical publishing: the case for free-format submissions with minimal requirements.. BMC medicine. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-023-02882-y

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