Releasing a preprint is associated with more attention and citations for the peer-reviewed article
Preprints in biology are becoming more popular, but only a small fraction of the articles published in peer-reviewed journals have previously been released as preprints. To examine whether releasing a preprint on bioRxiv was associated with the attention and citations received by the corresponding p...
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| description | Preprints in biology are becoming more popular, but only a small fraction of the articles published in peer-reviewed journals have previously been released as preprints. To examine whether releasing a preprint on bioRxiv was associated with the attention and citations received by the corresponding peer-reviewed article, we assembled a dataset of 74,239 articles, 5,405 of which had a preprint, published in 39 journals. Using log-linear regression and random-effects meta-analysis, we found that articles with a preprint had, on average, a 49% higher Altmetric Attention Score and 36% more citations than articles without a preprint. These associations were independent of several other article- and author-level variables (such as scientific subfield and number of authors), and were unrelated to journal-level variables such as access model and Impact Factor. This observational study can help researchers and publishers make informed decisions about how to incorporate preprints into their work. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-78e23f7a557749a9af7f2a3bd186f4382022-12-22T03:24:31ZengeLife Sciences Publications LtdeLife2050-084X2019-12-01810.7554/eLife.52646Releasing a preprint is associated with more attention and citations for the peer-reviewed articleDarwin Y Fu0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1407-1689Jacob J Hughey1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1558-6089Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, United StatesDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, United States; Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, United StatesPreprints in biology are becoming more popular, but only a small fraction of the articles published in peer-reviewed journals have previously been released as preprints. To examine whether releasing a preprint on bioRxiv was associated with the attention and citations received by the corresponding peer-reviewed article, we assembled a dataset of 74,239 articles, 5,405 of which had a preprint, published in 39 journals. Using log-linear regression and random-effects meta-analysis, we found that articles with a preprint had, on average, a 49% higher Altmetric Attention Score and 36% more citations than articles without a preprint. These associations were independent of several other article- and author-level variables (such as scientific subfield and number of authors), and were unrelated to journal-level variables such as access model and Impact Factor. This observational study can help researchers and publishers make informed decisions about how to incorporate preprints into their work.https://elifesciences.org/articles/52646preprintsscientific publishingcitations |
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| title | Releasing a preprint is associated with more attention and citations for the peer-reviewed article |
| title_full | Releasing a preprint is associated with more attention and citations for the peer-reviewed article |
| title_fullStr | Releasing a preprint is associated with more attention and citations for the peer-reviewed article |
| title_full_unstemmed | Releasing a preprint is associated with more attention and citations for the peer-reviewed article |
| title_short | Releasing a preprint is associated with more attention and citations for the peer-reviewed article |
| title_sort | releasing a preprint is associated with more attention and citations for the peer reviewed article |
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