Include preprints

[ctb]

Preprinting (as opposed to open access, #9) seems like an omission from the current topic suggestions.

[ctb]

Here the wikipedia page on journals by preprint policy would be a great resource to link to, along with more rhetorically persuasive pages.

[aleimba]

That's a good idea, thanks @ctb.

Other nice resources are also:
http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/search.php
https://rchive.it/ (a wrapper for SHERPA/ROMEO)

[ctb]

More generally, the list of resources in this paper: https://figshare.com/articles/The_open_research_value_proposition_How_sharing_can_help_researchers_succeed/1619902 is reasonably recent and might be a good starting point for many things.

[konrad]

Thanks for your input, @ctb! I personally would count this still as part of open access (#9). In the open access topic the different paths (golden, green (i.e. preprints and instistitutional repositories) and diamond open access) should be described. But independent if this will be a distinct topic or part of open access (#9) it is good to have this explicitly mentioned as something to that needs to be addressed.

[ctb]

The reason I would suggest classifying it separately is that many people are afraid to publish in open access journals b/c of stigma. With preprints, you can make your work open (and citable), while also targeting the journals that your co-authors think are important.

[konrad]

Okay, just a question of "marketing" :) Good point.

[RomanGurinovich]

Would be great to list benefits for each group. For example,

Authors:

1. Fixing issues by suggestions.
2. Citing growth.

Publishers:

1. Gems early discovery.

Companies and Funding bodies:

1. Faster proof of the topic viability

What are the other benefits?

[ctb]

I don't think authors always view the opportunity to have more people review their work as a positive ;).

There's a more complete list in the figshare preprint I link to above, but in addition to citations and finding out about major problems BEFORE the peer reviewers, I also see:

• authors benefit by getting the work out there and citable during the (sometimes lengthy) peer review process; in many physics fields, peer review can take years, but in the meantime everyone has read the paper.
• preprints establish priority of publication.