“To Preprint or Not to Preprint: A Global Researcher Survey”

Journal Article: “To Preprint or Not to Preprint: A Global Researcher Survey”

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Title

To Preprint or Not to Preprint: A Global Researcher Survey

Authors

Rong Ni
Nanyang Centre for Public Administration (NCPA), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands

Ludo Waltman
Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands

Source

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST)

DOI: 10.1002/asi.24880
March 13, 20204

Abstract

Open science is receiving widespread attention globally, and preprinting offers an important way to implement open science practices in scholarly publishing. To develop a systematic understanding of researchers’ adoption of and attitudes toward preprinting, we conducted a survey of authors of research papers published in 2021 and early 2022. Our survey results show that the United States and Europe led the way in the adoption of preprinting. The United States and European respondents reported a higher familiarity with and a stronger commitment to preprinting than their colleagues elsewhere in the world. The adoption of preprinting is much stronger in physics and astronomy as well as mathematics and computer science than in other research areas. Respondents identified free accessibility of preprints and acceleration of research communication as the most important benefits of preprinting. Low reliability and credibility of preprints, sharing results before peer review and premature media coverage are the most significant concerns about preprinting, emphasized in particular by respondents in the life and health sciences. According to respondents, the most crucial strategies to encourage preprinting are integrating preprinting into journal submission workflows and providing recognition for posting preprints.

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