Nature.com July 10, 2026 • 15:40

Think preprints are unreliable? Analysis of 70,000 studies might change your mind - Nature

Think preprints are unreliable? Analysis of 70,000 studies might change your mind - Nature

Central conclusions rarely change when biomedical preprints go on to be published in journals.

Posting studies on preprint servers such as bioRxiv is common practice in many scientific fields.Credit: Michael Szebor/Nature
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