Preprints: The Basics: Further Reading

Listed are selected publications discussing various benefits and potential disadvantages of preprints. This page was last updated May 27, 2021.

1. Abdill RJ, Blekhman R. Meta-research: Tracking the popularity and outcomes of all bioRxiv preprints. Elife. 2019 Apr 24;8:e45133. Available from: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.45133.001

2. ASAPbio [Internet]. San Francisco CA: ASAPbio; c2021. Preprint FAQs; 2021 April; [about 10 screens]. Available from: https://asapbio.org/preprint-info/preprint-faq

3. Bourne PE, Polka JK, Vale RD, Kiley R. Ten simple rules to consider regarding preprint submission. PLoS Computational Biology. 2017 May 4;13(5):e1005473. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005473

4. Cobb M. The prehistory of biology preprints: A forgotten experiment from the 1960s. PLoS Biology. 2017 Nov 16;15(11):e2003995. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2003995

5. Fry NK, Marshall H, Mellins-Cohen T. In praise of preprints. Access Microbiology. 2019;1(2). Available from: https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000013

6. Kwon D. How swamped preprint servers are blocking bad coronavirus research. Nature. 2020:130-1. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-01394-6

7. Lin J, Yu Y, Zhou Y, Zhou Z, Shi X. How many preprints have actually been printed and why: a case study of computer science preprints on arXiv. Scientometrics. 2020 Jul;124(1):555-74. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-020-03430-8

8. Nature Index [Internet]. Q&A John Ioannidis: Biomedicine warms to preprints. Basingstoke, UK: Springer Nature. 2018 Feb. Available from: https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/john-ioannidis-biomedicine-warms-to-preprints

9. Maslove DM. Medical preprints—a debate worth having. JAMA. 2018 Feb 6;319(5):443-4. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2017.17566

10. Penfold NC, Polka JK. Technical and social issues influencing the adoption of preprints in the life sciences. PLoS Genetics. 2020 Apr 20;16(4):e1008565. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008565