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Preprints: research published without peer review

Screened research published without peer review. Screening checks scope, authorship, ethics and conflicts; it does not test whether the conclusions hold.

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Preprints

No preprints have been posted yet. A screened manuscript appears here with its label before any review has taken place.

Preprint track

Screened, not peer reviewed.

Screening checks scope, authorship, ethics, registration, conflicts, reporting standards, and whether the work can be responsibly hosted. It does not test whether the methods are sound or the conclusions hold. Read a preprint as a claim with its working shown, not as a settled finding.

A preprint keeps its address if it is later peer reviewed, here or elsewhere: the label changes and the versions stay linked.

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