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Nature Precedings is a free, electronic publication for preprints, reporting scholarly work in the...

Nature Precedings is a free, electronic publication for preprints, reporting scholarly work in the fields of biomedical sciences, chemistry, and earth sciences. It is curated and developed by the Nature Publishing Group, publishers of the journal Nature and other scientific journals. Like other preprint systems, Nature Precedings is a place for scientists to convey their scientific ideas and observations for scientific progress, soliciting criticism, recording provenance of ideas, etc. Nature Precedings was started in June 2007 by the Nature Publishing Group under the direction of Dr. Timo Hannay, its director for web publishing. The British Library, the European Bioinformatics Institute, Science Commons, and the Wellcome Trust provide partnership. Access to Nature Precedings content is free (open access), and through the internet. Content, sub-categorized into 'manuscripts', 'posters' and 'presentations', can be browsed, searched against, commented on and rated on the Precedings website. Commenting or rating requires registering (free) on Nature Precedings or the main Nature website. Subject-based RSS web feeds and e-mail alerting services are available for free subscription.