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Sadly, it's true and not uncommon for academic research as well...

• pgbovine 15y ago
  for academic research, oftentimes it's not a matter of keeping results secret for years before publishing ... it's simply because the academic peer review and publishing process has such high latency
  • rudiger 15y ago
    Also, preprints can be passed around for months or years before something is published in a peer-reviewed journal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preprint http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preprint