Authors publishing a new type of article ineLifewill be able to update their papers as they wish, the journal’s publisher announced this week (August 13). “Research does not stop with the publication of a paper; often experimental designs are rapidly refined, and new techniques are developed that can affect the original conclusions,” the publisher said in its statement introducing the new article format, the “Research Advance.”
Consisting of around 1,500 words with up to four main figures, tables, or videos, a Research Advance enables authors to add on to a paper they’d previously published ineLife. Research Advance additions, the publisher said, will be indexed and citable as stand-alone contributions.
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