Public understanding of preprints: How audiences make sense of unreviewed research in the news. [PDF]
Public Underst SciNews reporting of preprints became commonplace during the COVID-19 pandemic, yet the extent to which the public understands what preprints are is unclear.
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An international, cross-sectional survey of preprint attitudes among biomedical researchers [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] [PDF]
F1000ResearchBackground Preprints are scientific manuscripts that are made available on open-access servers but are not yet peer-reviewed. Although preprints are becoming more prevalent, uptake is not optimal.
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PLoS ONE, 2022 IntroductionPreprints have been widely cited during the COVID-19 pandemics, even in the major medical journals. However, since subsequent publication of preprint is not always mentioned in preprint repositories, some may be inappropriately cited or ...
Jean-Francois Gehanno +3 more
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BMJ Open, 2021 Objective To compare results reporting and the presence of spin in COVID-19 study preprints with their finalised journal publications.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting International medical literature.Participants Preprints and final journal ...
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Credibility of preprints: an interdisciplinary survey of researchers [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2020 Preprints increase accessibility and can speed scholarly communication if researchers view them as credible enough to read and use. Preprint services do not provide the heuristic cues of a journal's reputation, selection, and peer-review processes that ...
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Enabling preprint discovery, evaluation, and analysis with Europe PMC. [PDF]
PLoS ONEPreprints provide an indispensable tool for rapid and open communication of early research findings. Preprints can also be revised and improved based on scientific commentary uncoupled from journal-organised peer review.
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Publishing Embargoes and Versions of Preprints: Impact on the Dissemination of Information
Open Information ScienceThis commentary abridges three closely related aspects of scholarly publishing, copyright transfer to publishers in the subscription-based model, posting of author-accepted versions to preprint servers, and publishing embargoes, to appreciate how each ...
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Preprint Pointers From a Long COVID Scoping Review: Considerations for Source Selection and Searching [PDF]
Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries AssociationThis paper describes the search approach for preprints for a post–COVID-19 condition (i.e., long COVID) scoping review, including source selection, search strategy development, challenges, and insights throughout a project life cycle. With the growth of
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Preprints as a driver of open science: Opportunities for Southeast Asia
Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics, 2022 Southeast Asia is an emerging force of open access scholarly output. For example, Indonesia is in a tight competition with United Kingdom as the largest publisher of open access journals and the second largest producer of open access articles in the ...
Dasapta Erwin Irawan +2 more
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The Publication Ethics of Preprints and Preprints’ Influence on Knowledge Dissemination during the COVID-19 Pandemic [PDF]
Jiàoyù zīliào yǔ túshūguǎn xué, 2022 Preprints are a crucial vehicle for knowledge dissemination in modern times. The vigorous development of the preprint industry demonstrates the significance of open science and represents a significant change in the manner research results are ...
Sophia Jui-An Pan
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