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Questions regarding making manuscripts available prior to their publication in a peer-reviewed source.

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Choosing the content of the preprint

A paper was submitted to a journal, and now I am thinking of submitting a preprint on ArXiv. However, I wouldn't want to release publicly one of the examples in the paper yet, and would submit the ...
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What are the most reasonable side margins for a (math) preprint?

When disseminating your research with a preprint, is there ever a disadvantage to using (almost) the full printable page area? I see overwhelming advantages to using the entire page: The page count ...
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Does a journal manuscript simultaneously deposited in preprint have more chances to be published after peer-review?

As simple question as this: does a preprint have a better chance of being published after peer-review, than a journal article that is not or was not a preprint? Note that the manuscript was submitted ...
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Does Pre-Print compromise anonymity for a later peer-review?

I'm from a social scientific field, so pre-prints are just becoming more and more "normal." Therefore, I'm a little in the dark regarding certain things. I'm planning to publish a pre-print ...
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I couldn't find my preprint anywhere... How should I do? [closed]

I remembered that I ticked to share my manuscript with preprint by mistake three months ago, during the submission process Journal of Hazardous Materials Some days after, my manuscript was immediate ...
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Endorsement for arXiv when shifting field of research [duplicate]

I have worked for many years in data analysis in molecular biology / medicine / medical physics and also worked in such research institutions publishing a large number of papers. Therefore I have ...
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Why is my arXiv paper not generating an arXiv watermark?

The paper I submitted was automatically processed by arXiv without a watermark. All other normal papers have the arXiv watermark on the left side of the first page.
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Should I upload a preprint in multiple repositories?

Recently we submitted a paper to the Springer Telecommunication Systems journal, and we would like to upload the preprint to a repository, such as arXiv or TechRxiv. Is it wise to upload the preprint ...
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Storing scientific content on github [duplicate]

I have a scientific paper that I would like to protect from theft or other proprietary data, is it possible to store the data and the manuscript in a private github repository as a pre-print in order ...
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Refereeing an arXiv preprint

I accepted a request to referee a mathematics paper (available as an arXiv preprint long before it was submitted), but haven't started to write a report yet. Before receiving the referee request I'd ...
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Would reviewers verify the articles that my manuscript is based on?

I have written a manuscript which is based on some results of a preprint. I have submitted it to a journal and it is under review. Will the reviewers also verify the results of the preprint? One thing ...
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Can I submit a paper to arXiv when it is still pending on Hal, and waiting to be transferred from HAL to arXiv?

I submitted my first paper to HAL over eight days ago. It is still on awaiting moderation status. When I deposed it on Hal, I checked the box indicating that I wanted it transferred to arXiv. But ...
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Preprint to arXiv before submission to an AIP journal, how exactly to modify it after 1) submission, 2) acceptance?

From AIP's Web Posting Guidelines for Journal Authors: For noncommercial free-access preprint servers (e.g., arXiv) You may post the preprint prior to submission and/or acceptance, using the credit ...
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Is the HAL-id shown on a paper awaiting moderation definitive?

I deposited a paper on HAL-archive yesterday, and it's now "awaiting moderation", so it's not online yet. It has an assigned HAL-id. I am writing an application that will expire before the ...
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How long it will take to see a preprint after submitting it to EarthArXiv

Does anyone know how long it will take to see a preprint after submitting it to EarthArXiv? I cannot locate any relevant information on the website.
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Under review paper appearing on SSRN

I recently submitted an article to an Elsevier journal X. The article was consider out-of-scope, so I re-submitted it to another Elsevier journal Y (via article transfer). Thus, the article is ...
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Using a copyrighted figure for an article posted to a non-commercial preprint server

I need to use a figure from a published paper that is non open access, and copyrighted. What is the general advice for going about this? Do people tend to pay the fee for access to reproduce it? Or do ...
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Advice on choosing a pre-print server (Social Sciences)

I have submitted an article to a journal for peer review. The journal allows the manuscript to be submitted to a non-commercial pre-print server at any time. I am new to publishing, and am wondering ...
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Does the link to an arxiv article change if I update the article?

As the title says, I am submitting a preprint to arxive. If I have a copy of the link to the article, does the link change when I upload an updated version of the same article?
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Preprint got published on Authorea without sending it to review (desk rejection). Is this how it is supposed to happen?

I just submitted a manuscript to a journal that uses the ScholarOne Submission system. There was the option to agree that the manuscript will be published as a preprint on Authorea. It says: New! ...
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When to submit to viXra (rather than arXiv or not at all)?

arxiv has the description: arXiv is a free distribution service and an open-access archive for 2,146,943 scholarly articles in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative ...
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Circulating manuscript without explicit consent

I am a mathematics PhD student in the Western world. I have a (single author) preprint in mathematics that I think will help my postdoc applications a lot. I wrote up the preprint about a month back, ...
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Is there a "blind" e-print service?

Motivated by questions such as Double blind review allowing arXiv submissions : is there a respectable e-print website (ideally Arxiv itself) that allows me to submit a "blind preprint", i.e....
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Does the license for arXiv uploads apply to TeX source or the PDF?

I am wondering to which of the content that I publish on arXiv the license I chose during publication applies. Let's assume that I uploaded just a single TeX-source file and filled out the form with ...
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Merging Altmetrics of pre-print and published version

My pre-print obtained a high Altmetric Attention Score as it was reported in multiple news outlets and blogs, and widely discussed on Twitter. One-and-a-half-year later, the paper was finally ...
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How does one keep hammering on another study in preprints so forcefully that one gets temporarily banned from posting to arXiv?

The September 26, 2022 news item in Science ‘Something is seriously wrong’: Room-temperature superconductivity study retracted discusses one individual who levied substantial criticism of the study, ...
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Sending your potential advisors your preprint that you have not posted on arXiv

I have written up a preprint that I have not posted on arXiv yet, as I keep modifying it. It is advisable to send that preprint to my potential postdoctoral advisors before I have posted it on arXiv, ...
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Research motivated by referee assignment

I was recently asked to review a paper. I liked the paper a lot and eventually recommended it for publication after minor revisions. The paper inspired me to do further research on some questions ...
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Is it safe to publish a number theory formula in OSF or preprints.org?

I have a new number theory formula. I am a software engineer, but I am interested in number theory. I do not have an endorsement on arXiv, so I am left with two popular choices, OSF and preprints.org. ...
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Uploading a preliminary version of a book/monograph to arXiv

Suppose you're working on a lengthy text that you would like to publish as a book or a "research monograph". For example in mathematics stuff like Springer Lecture Notes, Memoirs of the AMS, ...
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How to cite a paper with two titles: preprint title different from published version

How do you cite a paper whose preprint title differs from the published version? It's not so uncommon that publishers ask the authors to change the name of paper in the publication process. This is ...
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Why is it that sometimes in bibliography, DOI information is added?

When I'm casually browsing through bibliography section of preprints, sometimes I find that an author will also include the DOI information in the citation. For example, I just picked a random Arxiv ...
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Which journals accept articles already out as preprints?

I want to send our preprint, that we put online around three months ago, to a journal. How can I know which journals accept articles previously put online as a preprint? Many of them do not mention ...
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Policies regarding to "extended preprint" versions of papers

I want to publish a paper I wrote as a preprint. Anyhow, the paper in its original form has 12 pages (let's call that "version A"). Version A anyhow was rejected, so I compiled a reviewed ...
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How to find the published version of a preprint

When reading through a preprint article (which are often the most accessible versions of articles), I for various reasons want to determine whether there has been an officially published version of ...
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Does the font matter when putting a manuscript on arXiv?

I have a research paper that I want to upload on arXiv. Almost all the papers I have seen on arXiv are written in Times New Roman. I understand scientific papers are written in that font mostly. But I ...
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Can I upload my preprint to arXiv using the identifiable formatting style of the journal I am submitting it to?

I'm currently preparing a manuscript for publication, and will likely upload it to the arXiv first. However, let's say I'm submitting to a journal with a very identifiable formatting style, like, let'...
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IEEE submission vs ArXiv Version with missing IEEE-statement

I've just got and corrected my revised paper. I submitted the revision to IEEE and I uploaded a newer version to ArXiv. BUT I made a mistake and the IEEE-disclaimer statement was regretfully missing ...
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Upload preprint on ArXiv AND ReseachGate?

Since I recently published my first ever paper, I was creating some accounts for various social networks and preprint servers. I have to say, I am a little bit confused by ReseachGate: If I have ...
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What is the appropriate way to handle related work on preprint servers? [duplicate]

I’m preparing a journal article on a novel method. There are several related methods publicly described on preprint servers such as arXiv or bioRxiv. Is it permitted to cite works that have not been ...
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How to motivate and encourage scientist to give clarifications and respond to my questions about their work?

A year ago a small team (2-3 prominent scientists) from prominent academic and industrial collaboration published 120+ page long research preprint that could be very important contribution to the ...
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Submitting material to PhilPapers without a university affiliation

I am not currently affiliated with a university. Can I submit a paper to PhilPapers? When I started to create an account with a personal email address, I got this message: The email address that you ...
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Is it possible to publish a pre-print article on many sites?

Is it permissible to publish a pre-print article on many sites, or is one sufficient? Do intellectual property rights allow this?
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Should I merge a preprint with the peer-reviewed version of this article on Google Scholar if the preprint has already been cited?

I have uploaded a preprint to PsyArXiv in 2021. The preprint is now published in a peer-reviewed journal. Normally, I merge the two so that only my published articles show up. However, this time my ...
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Indicating an en dash in arXiv submission's metadata [closed]

As indicated here, arXiv metadata fields (e.g., title or abstract) only accept ASCII input, but there are ways of making other symbols appear. My question is, what is the "best" or "...
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Can I deposit my manuscript in arXiv but I will not publish open access [duplicate]

I want to put my paper out in arXiv but due to money shortage I will not be able to publish open access, I chose subscription. Is it allowed to do this and publish preprint or not?
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How does the article transfer from biorxiv to peer-reviewed journals work?

Biorxiv offers the possibility to transfer an article uploaded as a preprint to a peer-reviewed journal. An increasing number of journals are available for this transfer service. I tried to find more ...
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How to not publish in peer-reviewed journals and still be taken seriously?

If someone has a paper which could be published in a peer-reviewed journal, but they choose to not publish it in a peer-reviewed journal, what can they do to help the research to be taken seriously? ...
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Yet another google scholar preprint bug question [duplicate]

I published a paper two months ago in JPR (publisher is ACS). Before the submission, I put the paper on biorvix with the same title. Now I am stuck with the preprint on google scholar and even ...
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Is it allowed to upload an arxiv document to another open repository?

I have a prepint paper uploaded with open access on arxiv.org. My university also has an open access repository and we are encouraged to upload our prepints also there. Now my question is whether it ...
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