Technical and social issues influencing the adoption of preprints in the life sciences

Preprints are gaining visibility in many fields. Thanks to the exponential growth in submissions to bioRxiv, an online server for preprints in biology, versions of manuscripts prior to the completion of journal-organized peer review are poised to become a standard component of the publishing experie...

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Autores principales: Penfold, Naomi C., Polka, Jessica K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7170218/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32310942
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008565
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description Preprints are gaining visibility in many fields. Thanks to the exponential growth in submissions to bioRxiv, an online server for preprints in biology, versions of manuscripts prior to the completion of journal-organized peer review are poised to become a standard component of the publishing experience in the life sciences. Here, we provide an overview of current challenges facing preprints, both technical and social, and a vision for their future development.
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spelling pubmed-71702182020-04-23 Technical and social issues influencing the adoption of preprints in the life sciences Penfold, Naomi C. Polka, Jessica K. PLoS Genet Review Preprints are gaining visibility in many fields. Thanks to the exponential growth in submissions to bioRxiv, an online server for preprints in biology, versions of manuscripts prior to the completion of journal-organized peer review are poised to become a standard component of the publishing experience in the life sciences. Here, we provide an overview of current challenges facing preprints, both technical and social, and a vision for their future development. Public Library of Science 2020-04-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7170218/ /pubmed/32310942 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008565 Text en © 2020 Penfold, Polka http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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