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How a torrent of COVID science changed research publishing — in seven charts
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Nature 588, 553 (2020)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03564-y
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Clarification 17 December 2020: This story now notes that preprints were posted on multiple sites, so estimates may represent slight overcounts.
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