Flawed preprints ban ‘not grounds for appeal’

Australian researchers’ funding hopes hinge not on whether rule was wrong, but on whether wrong rule was applied correctly

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September 28, 2021

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September 27, 2021

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Gestures at the referee as a City player is fouled in Melbourne, Australia as a metaphor for flawed preprints ban ‘not grounds for appeal’

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