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Can you explain why this is preferred? Is it to ensure everyone knows where it comes from (journal or preprint)?
by Ninjaneered 6y ago
Can you explain why this is preferred? Is it to ensure everyone knows where it comes from (journal or preprint)?
- JadeNB 6y agoFor me, at least two reasons: 1. As you say, to see more information about where the paper comes from. 2. It's easy to get from the abstract page to the PDF, but not vice versa. Personally, I also think it's good for people to get into the habit of linking to a text description of data-heavy resources rather than directly to the resources. PDFs aren't that data-heavy, but there are plenty of other things that are that could do with a text landing page, and I think it's good to get in that habit.
- Ninjaneered 6y agoMakes sense, thanks!