PREreview, A New Resource for the Collaborative Review of Preprints
Reviewing preprints provides feedback to the authors and helps involve more scientists in peer review.
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Popularity of ArXiv.Org Within Computer Science
In theoretical computer science and machine learning, over 60% of published papers are on arXiv.
The Preprint Dilemma
Biologists are posting unreviewed papers in record numbers. Here's a survival guide.
Should Scientists Be Posting Their Work Online Before Peer Review?
Opinions are divided on whether the surge in popularity of pre-prints represent a field-wide disaster or the coming of a populist revolution.
Are Preprints the Future of Biology?
Biologists are posting unreviewed manuscripts in record numbers. But many are still not sure it's a good idea. A survival guide for scientists.
The ArXiv of the Future Will Not Look Like the ArXiv
The strengths and weaknesses of arXiv in an effort to identify what possible improvements can be made based on new technologies not previously available.
Dueling Preprint Servers Coming for the Geosciences
Early findings from across the geosciences will soon have not one, but two online servers ready to post preprints.
Plan for New Medical Preprint Server Receives a Mixed Response
Some worry that posting unvetted medical manuscripts could cause problems.
bioRxiv Selects Hypothesis to Enable Annotation on Preprints
Hypothesis and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory are today announcing the selection of the Hypothesis open source annotation framework for the bioRxiv preprint service as their primary annotation mechanism.
The Center for Open Science, Alternative to Elsevier, Announces New Preprint Services
The Center for Open Science, Alternative to Elsevier, Announces New Preprint Services
Ultimately, a key question is emerging for higher education institutions: to what extent, and under what conditions, does it make sense to outsource core scholarly infrastructure?
Six New Preprint Services Join a Growing Community Across Disciplines
This week, six communities launched preprint services to accelerate dissemination of research.
Encouraging Palaeontologists to Stop Hiding the Bones
New preprint services could bring niche scientific communities into the open.
In A 'Forgotten Experiment,' Biologists Almost Launched the Preprint Revolution
In A 'Forgotten Experiment,' Biologists Almost Launched the Preprint Revolution
A historian recounts the National Institutes of Health's 1960s pilot test of exchanging unreviewed manuscripts, and how publishers killed it.
Elsevier Launches Chemistry Preprint Server
Community-driven network will allow scientists to share ideas and post pre-peer review papers.
Science to Participate in bioRxiv’s Manuscript Transfer Service
Authors will have the opportunity to submit their manuscripts directly for consideration to Science.
Authorea and BioRxiv Partner to Bring Preprints into 21st Century
Authorea, the collaborative document editor for researchers, announced a partnership and direct submission agreement with bioRxiv, the leading preprint server for biological research.
Beyond Scoops to Best Practices
Authors submitting a manuscript to eLife are encouraged to upload it to a recognized preprint server at the same time in order to make their results available as quickly and as widely as possible.
Biology's Roiling Debate Over Publishing Research Early
Posting scientific papers online, free to the public, seems like a great idea. But it's more complicated than it sounds.
Biologists Debate How to License Preprints
Flood of online manuscripts generates confusion about terms for distribution and reuse.
Use of Preprints in BBSRC-Funded Research
Preprints acceptable for citation in research grant and fellowship applications.
10 Ways to Support Preprints (Besides Posting One)
What can we do to promote the productive use of preprints in biology?
Why We Need Centralized Services
While preprints have been around since before arXiv.org launched in 1991, fields outside of physics are starting to push for more early sharing of research data, results and conclusions.
Who to Follow on Twitter
A list of people to follow on the preprints subject.
Ten Simple Rules to Consider Regarding Preprint Submission
We formulate ten simple rules for considering using preprints as a scientific communication mechanism.
Authors Can Now Directly Submit to PeerJ from bioRxiv
Preprints are receiving welcome attention these days for being an integral part of research communication. We announce that starting this week researchers will be able to directly submit their manuscripts to PeerJ for peer review from the popular preprint server bioRxiv.
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