Development, implementation and impact of a new preprint solicitation process at Proceedings B

Maurine Neiman; Robin K Bagley; Dorota Paczesniak; Shalene Singh-Shepherd

doi:10.1098/rspb.2021.1248

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Development, implementation and impact of a new preprint solicitation process at Proceedings B

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Development, implementation and impact of a new preprint solicitation process at Proceedings B

Maurine Neiman, Robin K Bagley, Dorota Paczesniak and Shalene Singh-Shepherd

Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences, Vol.288(1954), pp.20211248-20211248

07/14/2021

DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1248

PMCID: PMC8277468

PMID: 34256003

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Preprints are manuscripts posted on a public server that do not yet have formal certification of peer review from a scholarly journal. The increasingly prominent online repositories for these preprints provide a means of rapidly making scientific results accessible to all with an Internet connection. We here describe the catalysis and subsequent development of a successful new process to solicit preprints for consideration for publication in Proceedings B. We present preliminary comparisons between the focal topics and geographic origin of submitting authors of papers submitted in the traditional (non-solicited) route versus solicited preprints. This analysis suggests that the solicitation process seems to be achieving one of the primary goals of the preprint solicitation endeavour: broadening the scope of the papers featured in Proceedings B . We also use an informal survey of the early-career scientists that are or have been involved with the Preprint Editorial Team to find that these scientists view their participation positively with respect to career development and knowledge in their field. The inclusion of early-career researchers from across the world in the preprint solicitation process could also translate into social justice benefits by providing a career-building opportunity and a window into the publishing process for young scientists.

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Title: Subtitle: Development, implementation and impact of a new preprint solicitation process at Proceedings B
Creators: Maurine Neiman - Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA, Department of Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Robin K Bagley - Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University at Lima, Lima, OH 45804, USA
Dorota Paczesniak - Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu, Oulu 90014, Finland
Shalene Singh-Shepherd - The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG, UK
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences, Vol.288(1954), pp.20211248-20211248
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1248
PMID: 34256003
PMCID: PMC8277468
NLM abbreviation: Proc Biol Sci
ISSN: 0962-8452
eISSN: 1471-2954
Publisher: The Royal Society
Language: English
Date published: 07/14/2021
Academic Unit: Office Of The Provost; Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies; Biology
Record Identifier: 9984217417802771

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