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ArXiv rejections lead to spat over screening process

High-profile physicist says his students' papers were wrongly rejected by the preprint server's volunteer moderators.

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Merali, Z. ArXiv rejections lead to spat over screening process. Nature (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2016.19267

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