The prehistory of biology preprints: A forgotten experiment from the 1960s.

In 1961, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) began to circulate biological preprints in a forgotten experiment called the Information Exchange Groups (IEGs). This system eventually attracted over 3,600 participants and saw the production of over 2,500 different documents, but by 1967, it was eff...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Matthew Cobb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-11-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2003995