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And, if you choose to take part in Open Science practices like preprints,
preregistration, or protocols, your work can be public even sooner.
Early availability—for example posting preprints—is associated
with higher citation and altmetrics counts.¹ ²

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¹ Fu DY, Hughey JJ (2019). Meta-Research: Releasing a preprint is associated with more attention and citations for the peer-reviewed article. eLife 8. 10.7554/eLife.52646

² Fraser N, Momeni F, Mayr P, and Peters I (2020). The relationship between bioRxiv preprints, citations and altmetrics. Quantitative Science Studies 1(2). https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00043

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