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A paragraph is followed by four options which have summarized the passage in their own way. Pick the option that best summarizes the passage: Biologists who publish their research directly to the Web have been labelled as 'rogue', but physicists have been routinely publishing research digitally ('preprints'), prior to submitting in a peer-reviewed journal. Advocates of preprints argue that quick and open dissemination of research speeds up scientific progress and allows for wider access to knowledge. But some journals still don't accept research previously published as a preprint. Even if the idea of preprints is gaining ground, one of the biggest barriers for biologists is how they would be viewed by members of their conservative research community.