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elife

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Use when targeting eLife or deciding whether a life-sciences manuscript fits this open-access life-sciences journal. Encodes eLife's unique Reviewed-Preprint model, fit, framing, method-and-evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.

When to use

• targeting eLife
• deciding whether a life-sciences manuscript fits eLife
• guidance on eLife's Reviewed-Preprint workflow
• guidance on eLife assessment vocabulary
• guidance on what determines a featured eLife paper
• fit / venue-selection / re-framing tool
• manuscripts strong on rigor and reproducibility
• manuscripts posted as preprints with public peer review

When not to use

• replacing the journal's current official submission guidelines

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