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medRxiv aims to meet the unique preprint needs of the clinical research community with a free, non-profit service.

ASAPbio launched Transpose, a database of journal peer review, co-reviewing, and preprint policies relating to media coverage, licensing, versions, and citation.

Having early and rapid access to research findings accelerates the pace of science and is paramount for advancing discovery. Springer Nature considers itself ideally placed to help facilitate this and making great research available as quickly as possible to the research community. 

It is undeniable that preprints are a growing force in the scholarly communication landscape - but what does their future look like?

Recognizing the benefits, we move from merely supporting the use of preprint servers to promoting it.

A tale of preprints, publications, and (kind of) open peer review.

The development of preprint servers as self-organising peer review platforms could be the future of scholarly publication.

IndiaRxiv is the latest of several preprint servers set up to host research from a particular region.

The growth of preprints in the life sciences has been reported widely and is driving policy changes for journals and funders, but little quantitative information has been published about preprint usage. Here, we report how we collected and analyzed data on all 37,648 preprints uploaded to bioRxiv.org, the largest biology-focused preprint server, in its first five years.

A perspective from an interdisciplinary group of early career researchers on the value of preprints, advocating the wide adoption of preprints to advance knowledge and facilitate career development.

We’re happy to share two new documents that we hope will aid researchers in their decision to share early work as preprints.

The potential of preprints to drive scientific understanding and innovation, and even support good journalism.

An interview with the directors of PsyArxiv, SocArxiv, and Marxiv.

The scientific community must take measures to keep preprints from distorting the public’s understanding of science, says Tom Sheldon.

From July 2018, the Europe PMC repository will start indexing preprints.

A group of open science advocates have launched the first preprint aimed exclusively at African scientists. The free, online outlet is one of a growing number for academics on the continent to share their work.

Early-career researchers can learn about peer review by discussing preprints at journal clubs and sending feedback to the authors.

Preprints are one of the fastest growing types of content in Crossref.  The growth may well be approximately 30% for the past 2 years (compared to article growth of 2-3% for the same period).

Many biologists are still reluctant to submit preprints, in part out of concern that doing so will allow others to “scoop” their work and undermine their chances of publication in a prestigious journal. I would like to rebut that concern, among others, and to share our research group’s first experience submitting a preprint manuscript.

Introductory report for the Knowledge Exchange working group on preprints, based on contributions from the Knowledge Exchange Preprints Advisory Group.

Why do authors continue to cite preprints years after they've been formally published?  A citation is much more than a directional link to the source of a document. It is the basis for a system of rewarding those who make significant contributions to public science.

On the basis of a survey of 7103 active faculty researchers in nine fields, this paper examines the extent to which scientists disclose prepublication results, and when they do, why?

Including preprints rather than focusing completely on published papers in journal clubs might benefit the scientific enterprise in numerous ways, including by providing direct criticisms to preprint authors before publication, deemphasizing publishing venue, teaching students the art of reviewing papers, and making journal clubs more current by discussing unpublished data.

I’m in graduate school to learn, and preprints—draft versions of journal articles that are shared prior to peer review—offer a great opportunity to do just that. Here’s how preprints help young researchers grow in ways traditional types of scientific communication don’t.

American Chemical Society: Chemistry for Life.

Researchers can submit their work directly from bioRxiv to F1000Research offering more choice and flexibility to authors in deciding when to set preprints to under invited peer review.