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Running head: APCS & AUTHOR DIVERSITY 1 1 Assessing the effect of article processing charges on the geographic diversity of authors using 2 Elsevier’s ‘Mirror Journal’ system ,1 ,1 1 1 3 Audrey C. Smith† , Leandra Merz† , Jesse B. Borden , Chris K. Gulick , Akhil R. 1 1 4 Kshirsagar , & Emilio M. Bruna 1 5 University of Florida 6 A preprint of this article has been posted at MetaArXiv Preprints 7 (osf.io/preprints/metaarxiv/s7cx4). 8 ORCID: LM: 0000-0003-2356-7483 | EB: 0000-0003-3381-8477 | JB: 0000-0001-9413-9537 | 9 AS: 0000-0003-1278-8889 | AK: 0000-0001-5986-6608 | CG: 0000-0002-4482-711X | APCS & AUTHOR DIVERSITY 2 10 Author Note 11 A. C. Smith, L. Merz, & A. R. Kshirsagar: and Department of Geography, University 12 of Florida, PO Box 117315, Gainesville, Florida, 32611 USA J. B. Borden: School for 13 Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Florida, PO Box 116455, Gainesville, 14 Florida, 32611 USA C. Gulick: Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University 15 of Florida, PO Box 110430, Gainesville, Florida, 32611 USA E. M. Bruna: Department of 16 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, PO Box 110430, Gainesville, 17 Florida, 32611 USA and Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida, PO Box 18 115530, Gainesville, Florida, 32611 USA 19 The authors made the following contributions. Audrey C. Smith: Methodology, 20 Investigation, Formal analysis, Writing - Original Draft Preparation, Writing - Review & 21 Editing; Leandra Merz: Methodology, Investigation, Formal analysis, Writing - Original 22 Draft Preparation, Writing - Review & Editing; Jesse B. Borden: Methodology, Investigation, 23 Software, Formal analysis, Writing - Review & Editing; Chris K.
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