Preprints Accelerating Scholarly Communications Larissa Gordon Scholarly Communications

Preprints: Accelerating Scholarly Communications Larissa Gordon Scholarly Communications Librarian Scott Memorial Library larissa. gordon@jefferson. edu

Outline ● ● ● What are preprints? What are the benefits of preprints? The history of preprints and their place in the biological sciences. Common community questions about preprints. What to consider before you post a preprint. How to search the preprints literature.

What are preprints? ● ● ● Scholarly/academic article Available open access Posted before or in conjunction with the submission of the article to a journal. Preprints are articles that have not been peer reviewed

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The history of preprints

What are the benefits of preprints? ● ● ● Rapid dissemination of information Increase article citations Provides other avenues for review Provides evidence of productivity Creates opportunities for networking and collaboration

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How to search preprint literature A) B) Multidisciplinary preprint servers ● ● ● OSF Preprints: Supported by the Center for Open Science, OSF is a free and open platform that supports a variety of discipline specific preprint servers. The OSF search aggregator allows users to search through its own preprint collections and those of other organizations. Pre. Pub. Med: An independent effort to index preprints from a variety of sources (including ones mentioned above) that fit the profile of articles which would appear on Pub. Med once published. SSRN: Multidisciplinary preprint server now owned by Elsevier.

C) Discipline Specific Preprint Servers ● ● ● ● ● ar. Xiv: physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics bio. Rxiv: biology and life sciences Chem. Rxiv: chemistry Earth. Ar. Xiv: earth sciences engr. Xiv: engineering med. Rxiv: health sciences/clinical research Nutri. Xiv: nutritional sciences Psy. Ar. Xiv: psychological sciences Soc. Ar. Xiv: social sciences Sport. RXiv: sport, exercise, performance, and health research. Library Guide: https: //jefferson. libguides. com/Open. Access/preprints

What to consider before posting a preprint It is important to check the policies of any journal you may wish to submit to before releasing a preprint. To learn about publisher and journal policies you can use: ● ● SHERPA/Ro. MIO Transpose

It is also important to evaluate the preprint server you are thinking of submitting to. https: //grants. nih. gov/grants/guide/notice-files/not-od-17 -050. html

Some preprint servers also have formal connection to journals to make the process of transferring preprints to journals easier for authors. https: //theplosblog. plos. org/2019/08/medrxiv-to-plos-direct-preprint-transfers/

Consider how to license your preprint. ● Licensing your preprint to facilitate reuse by others will help accelerate discovery and provide new opportunities for your work to be cited. ● In their notice on preprints, the NIH specifically recommends that authors choose a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license.

Common questions or concerns about preprints. 1. 2. 3. 4. Can a preprint provide a record of priority for idea development or discovery? Will publishing work as a preprint mean that an idea is more likely to get scooped? Is an article which has been posted as a preprint automatically of a lower quality than one published in a journal? Will the publication of preprints lead to an increase in incorrect information being reported in the media?

The Future of Pre Prints ● “Preprints provide a route to the long-desired goal of making research information freely and immediately available to anyone. . . They also create opportunities for evolution of the publishing ecosystem” https: //www. biorxiv. org/content/10. 1101/833400 v 1. full. pdf

The Future of Preprints ● The very existence of preprints is promoting experimentation with the peer review process at journals. . . This is particularly timely given ongoing discussions about the potential for more open and/or transparent peer-review processes. https: //www. biorxiv. org/content/10. 1101/833400 v 1. full. pdf

References ● ● ● ● ● ASAPbio Website: https: //asapbio. org/ Bourne PE, Polka JK, Vale RD, Kiley R. (2017). Ten simple rules to consider regarding preprint submission. PLo. S Computational Biology, 13(5): e 1005473. doi: 10. 1371/journal. pcbi. 1005473 Creative Commons Website: https: //creativecommons. org/ Darwin YF, Hughey JJ. (2019). Meta-Research: Releasing a preprint is associated with more attention and citations for the peer reviewed article. e. Life, e 52646. dio: 10. 7554/ELIFE. 52646 Flaherty C. (2019). “Plan U” for Mandatory Sharing of Pub Preprints. Inside Higher Ed. https: //www. insidehighered. com/quicktakes/2019/06/07/plan-u-mandatory-sharing-pubpreprints PLOS Blogs. (2019). med. Rxiv to PLOS: Direct preprint transfer: https: //theplosblog. plos. org/2019/08/medrxiv-to-plos-direct-preprint-transfers Polk J. (2019). Why “what is a preprint? ” is the wrong question. ” National Information Standards Organization. https: //www. niso. org/niso-io/2019/12/why-what-preprint-wrong-question Pol J, Saderi D, Server, R Ahearn C. (2000). Rapid sharing of Covid 19 Research. Common Place. https: //doi. org/10. 21428/6 ffd 8432. 6 eb 48888 Sarabipour S, Debat HJ, Emmott E, Burgess SJ, Schwessinger B, Hensel Z. (2019). On the value of preprints: An early career researcher perspective. PLo. S Biology, 17(2): e 3000151. doi: 10. 1371/journal. pbio. 3000151 Server R, Roedner T, Hindle S, Sussman L, Black KJ, Argentine J, Manos W, Inglis, JR. (2019). “bio. Rxiv: the preprint server for biology. ” Preprint at doi: 10. 1101/833400.

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Presentation Summary: Preprint servers allow authors to share articles that they have written with the academic community before the journal peer review process has been completed. Preprints developed as a response to the often lengthy journal publication process, which can slow down the dissemination of new information. Posting a preprint allows researchers to share their work more quickly with the scholarly community, receive early feedback from their peers, and it can also help increases the visibility of a researcher's work. Presentation Learning Goals At the end of this session, participants should be able to: 1. Describe the importance of this type of publishing 2. Successfully search the preprint literature in their field 3. Discuss considerations for publishing their own work as a preprint