Just came across this ----
(from the 8 June press release - http://www.nature.com/press_releases/
Natureprecedingspr.pdf)
Nature Publishing Group and its partner organizations launch Nature
Precedings, a free document-sharing service for scientists.
Nature Precedings is a free service from NPG that provides a way for
researchers to share preliminary findings, solicit community
feedback, and claim priority over discoveries. By promoting the
rapid and open exchange of scientific information, the site
ultimately aims to help accelerate the pace of discovery.
Nature Precedings accepts submissions from biomedicine, chemistry and
the earth sciences. These are reviewed by professional NPG curators
and accepted only if they are considered legitimate scientific
contributions of likely interest to others in the field. Accepted
contributions are assigned stable identifiers ('Digital Object
Identifiers' and 'Handles') that enable formal citation, and are made
available through an open-access archive. Submissions are not
subjected to peer review before they are released. Because of this,
contributions are usually published within one working day, often
much sooner, and no charge is made to either authors or readers.
The new website fulfils the role of a preprint server like the
popular arXiv.org service in the physical sciences but also accepts
other document types, including unpublished manuscripts, white
papers, technical papers, supplementary findings, posters and
presentations. The site facilitates the discovery of interesting and
relevant content through user-driven features such as tagging, voting
and commenting. Authors retain copyright in their work, and all
accepted contributions are released under the Creative Commons
Attribution Licence (http://creativecommons.org/about/). This
enables redistribution and reuse while ensuring that authors receive
proper credit for their work.
Nature Precedings website is: http://precedings.nature.com
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