The impact of preprint servers in the formation of novel ideas

Satish, Swarup; Yao, Zonghai; Drozdov, Andrew; Veytsman, Boris

doi:10.1101/2020.10.08.330696

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“…Furthermore, preprints could aid in improving the quality of the final findings by facilitating early feedback from the scientific community. This, in turn, greatly aids in advancing scientific knowledge, promotes collaboration among researchers and acts as a potential source of novel ideas and breakthroughs 12 .…”

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The status and challenges of preprint adoption in Africa

David,

Elkheir,

Dine

et al. 2024

Preprint

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Low- and middle-income countries face obstacles in sharing scientific research globally due to costly publishing fees and biases. Preprints—manuscripts shared before formal journal-organised peer review—offer a potential remedy. However, their uptake, mainly in the USA, UK, and Western Europe, contrasts sharply with limited adoption in Africa. Understanding African researchers' views on preprints remains scant, hindering acceptance. Our survey reveals widespread unawareness regarding preprints and reliance on traditional publishers among African researchers. Of 182 respondents from Nigeria, South Africa, and Tanzania, 41.9% posted preprints, yet 77% were unaware of Africa-specific repositories. While non-posters read preprints, fewer cited or shared them. Social media served as the primary platform for preprint sharing, with concerns over sharing before peer review. Although recognized for accessibility and career enhancement, concerns persisted regarding recognition and co-author unfamiliarity. Encouragement from publishers was vital, but opinions varied on institutional and funder involvement, highlighting differing perceptions in promoting preprints. Additionally, our data suggests that traditional publishers dominate the preprint landscape for Africa-based researchers. This study provides important preliminary information relating to perceptions of preprints across African scholars and highlights the need for urgent further work to increase awareness and adoption of preprints across Africa.

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The status and challenges of preprint adoption in Africa

David,

Elkheir,

Dine

et al. 2024

Preprint

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“…Perhaps this has relationship with rapid advancement in physics in developing equipment, perfecting methods of enquiry, improving measurement procedures especially in cosmological parameters used in radiation physics, nuclear forensics, radiotherapy, radiation oncology, etc. This is true as Satish et al, (2020) have linked novelty of new ideas with change point detection analyzed via binary or bottom-up segmentation, availability of new terms and phrases in scientific publications, and time required for their appearance for public consumption. The rapidity of communicating scientific findings is visible through preprints despite containing hidden risk for public discourse (Celi et al, 2021)and that is why preprints continue to receive recognition for varying reasons.…”

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“…This is true as Satish et al, (2020) have linked novelty of new ideas with change point detection analyzed via binary or bottom-up segmentation, availability of new terms and phrases in scientific publications, and time required for their appearance for public consumption. The rapidity of communicating scientific findings is visible through preprints despite containing hidden risk for public discourse (Celi et al, 2021)and that is why preprints continue to receive recognition for varying reasons.…”

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Indian COVID-19 Preprints Submissions in bioRxiv and medRxiv Preprint Servers

Raju¹,

Adakawa

Harinarayana

et al. 2023

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This research aimed at determining the growth of deposition of preprints on servers by Indian researchers during COVID-19 pandemic. In the pre-pandemic period, the dominant server was arXiv upon which research from physics and other related domains have been the most predominant depositors. When the pandemic erupted and the need to share research findings became imperative, many previously dormant preprint servers received vibrant activations from several scientists across the globe. This is with the intention of bridging the gap between delays inherent in reviewing process and the dire need to share information for finding everlasting solutions to the raging pandemic. Many researchers, institutions, countries, etc. have contributed in this regard. The study used quantitative method and iSearch Portfolio expert-curated source for publications and preprints related to either COVID-19 or the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 developed and maintained by National Institute of Health (NIH), US iSearch COVID-19 Portfolio. The study examined the Indian COVID-19 preprints deposited in bioRxiv and medRxiv preprint servers. The findings indicated that, Indian researchers have posted their papers in large numbers in bioRxiv and medRxiv servers with the medRxiv having the highest preprints (417, 40.44%) in 2020 against its counterpart bioRxiv (118, 10.96%) in the same year. Similarly, infectious diseases (except HIV/AIDS) (311) had the highest recurrence of the preprints submitted for deposition in servers. This is followed by epidemiology (263), public and global health (122), bioinformatics (59), among others. There is high collaboration among researchers who deposited their preprints in these servers where about 257 (24.93%) preprints were co-authored by 11+ authors followed by 3-authored and 4-authored with 124 preprints respectively (together accounts for 24.06%) and 2-authroed (114 (11.04%) preprints) respectively in a diminishing manner. The study concluded that, Indian researchers are actively participating in depositing preprints in servers notably bioRxiv and medRxiv

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“…In the first months of the pandemic I participated in two completely virtual collaborations, resulting in the papers [1,2]. One paper has seven coauthors, the other has four.…”

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The impact of preprint servers in the formation of novel ideas

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The status and challenges of preprint adoption in Africa

The status and challenges of preprint adoption in Africa

Indian COVID-19 Preprints Submissions in bioRxiv and medRxiv Preprint Servers

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