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Why publish in Scientific Reports? Scientific Reports is an open access journal publishing original research from across all areas of the natural sciences, psychology, medicine and engineering.

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Why publish in Scientific Reports? Scientific Reports is an open access journal publishing original research from across all areas of the natural sciences, psychology, medicine and engineering. Covers ...