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<h2><a href="https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=3c0edd55c7&e=ba31e2f257" target="_blank"><span style="color:#222222;text-decoration:none">Popular preprint servers face closure</span></a>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222;letter-spacing:.15pt">Preprint repositories such as IndiaRxiv, ArabiXiv, AfricArxiv and INA-Rxiv (from Indonesia) boost the visibility of regional science, but
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finding cash to run them is proving difficult</a>. Some discipline-specific repositories, such as EarthArXiv and MarXiv (for marine-conservation science), are also struggling. At issue are new fees introduced by the non-profit Center for Open Science, based
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