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<p>As an example, consider the COVID-19 pandemic. It was critical for research around virus identification, prevention, testing and vaccination to be quickly shared in order to stop the spread and save lives.<sup><a href="#fn1">1</a></sup></p>
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<p><strong>As a preprint <em>creator</em>, benefits include:</strong></p>
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<p>The <a href="https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-17-050.html" title="https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-17-050.html" target="_blank">National Institutes of Health encourages investigators</a> to use interim research products such as preprints to speed dissemination and enhance the rigor of their work. NIH-funded investigators may claim preprints as products of their NIH award in their required reports.</p>
<p>In 2019, ASAPbio (or Accelerating Science and Publication in Biology) asserted that the free preprint server bioRxiv had more than 4 million abstract views per month with 1.5 million downloads per month.<sup><a href="#fn2">2</a></sup></p>
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<p class="small"><a name="fn1"></a>1. Fleerackers, A., Riedlinger, M., Moorhead, L., Ahmed, R., &amp; Alperin, J. P. (2021). Communicating Scientific Uncertainty in an Age of COVID-19: An Investigation into the Use of Preprints by Digital Media Outlets. <em>Health Communication</em>, 113. <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33390033/" title="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33390033/" target="_blank">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33390033/</a>.</p>
<p class="small"><a name="fn2"></a>2. Preprints increase the visibility of your work! ASAPbio. (2020). <a href="https://asapbio.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ASAPbio-preprints-visibility-english.pdf" title="https://asapbio.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ASAPbio-preprints-visibility-english.pdf" target="_blank">https://asapbio.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ASAPbio-preprints-visibility-english.pdf</a>.</p>
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