ScienceGeist

Discussion of the findings of a recent research study into the recent growth of preprint servers and exploration of how publishers might respond.

BioRxiv, the server for life sciences preprints, has begun an experiment that allows select journals and independent peer-review services to publicly post evaluations of its papers should the authors make the request.

TechRxiv, a new preprint server for electrical engineering, computer science and related technologies, has been launched by IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization advancing technology for humanity. 

Sociologist says journal dismissed her paper because she'd shared it elsewhere as a preprint -- even though the publication had a pro-preprint policy. How often does this happen?

Preprints will be included in the Research Excellence Framework, the UK’s system for assessing the quality of research in higher education institutions.

Scientific manuscript tracking and pre-prints with the In Review service from Springer Nature and Research Square. 

Preprint examines whether having a preprint on bioRxiv.org was associated with the Altmetric Attention Score and number of citations of the corresponding peer-reviewed article.

Article finds that bioRxiv-deposited journal articles received a sizeable citation and altmetric advantage over non-deposited articles.

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.