What is the advantage of bioRxiv?
bioRxiv provides free and unrestricted access to all articles posted on the server. We believe this should apply not only to human readers but also to machine analysis of the content.
What is the advantage of preprint?
Preprints are a small but rapidly growing piece of scholarly communication. They present several strong advantages to improve the way research is shared – including credit for your work, early feedback & increased visibility – and we hope you will consider giving them a try.
What is the purpose of preprint server?
Preprint servers are online repositories which enable you to post this early version of your paper online. In some academic disciplines preprint servers are now commonly used.
Should I submit a preprint?
Unlike traditional journal articles, preprints can be updated. “As long as this is permitted by their journal of interest, authors should submit a new version whenever they make significant changes to the manuscript,” says Hindle.
What is the impact factor of scientific reports?
4.3792020
Scientific Reports/Impact Factor
What is the impact factor of PLOS ONE?
3.242020
PLOS One/Impact Factor
Are preprints reliable?
But what preprints gain in speed, they may lose in reliability and credibility, critics say, because peer review can finger mistakes and deficiencies. That’s a worry especially for findings about medical treatments that nonscientists might misinterpret, possibly at risk to their health.
What is pre publishing?
Definition of prepublication : released or occurring before something (such as a book or paper) is published a prepublication copy of the book In the current system of prepublication peer review, a paper is evaluated before publication by a small number of other scientists (typically three or four).—
Does a preprint count as a publication?
No, preprints are not peer-reviewed publications.
What does bioRxiv stand for?
Online. bioRxiv (pronounced “bio-archive”) is an open access preprint repository for the biological sciences co-founded by John Inglis and Richard Sever in November 2013. It is hosted by the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL).
What impact factor is good?
In most fields, the impact factor of 10 or greater is considered an excellent score while 3 is flagged as good and the average score is less than 1. This is a rule of thumb. However, the wild card to pay attention to is that impact factor and comparing journals are most effective in the same discipline.
Is scientific reports a print journal?
We’re an open-access journal publishing rigorously peer-reviewed research from across the natural sciences, psychology, medicine and engineering.
What is the bioRxiv preprint server?
One of the best known and earliest preprint servers, arXiv, was founded in 1991. Since then, it has revolutionised the publication landscape in the physical and mathematical sciences. Although there had been attempts to replicate this in the life sciences, bioRxiv – introduced in 2013 – has been the first to be widely adopted.
Why does bioRxiv have a VOR policy for preprint Doi?
This ensures the date associated with preprint DOI deposition is not later than that of VOR DOI registration (note arxiv does not use DOIs) Regardless the reasons behind bioRxiv’s VOR policy, its outcome is very clear.
Why doesn’t bioRxiv Post papers when an existing published version of record?
After raising this issue on twitter, bioRxiv founder Richard Sever replied that the reason for this policy is technical and related to the issuing of DOIs. BioRxiv does not post papers when an existing published version of record (VOR) exists. Instead we automatically link to the VOR.
Is bioRxiv a good thing?
Yes, bioRxiv seems like a good thing, accelerating scientific communication and all that, but at the end of the day it is part of an ecosystem we should be trying hard to disrupt and radically transform. I will not repeat here why gold OA may make things worse than they currently are. For elaborate arguments you can have look here and here.