Publication rate and citation counts for preprints released during the COVID-19 pandemic: the good, the bad and the ugly

D Añazco, B Nicolalde, I Espinosa, J Camacho… - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
Background Preprints are preliminary reports that have not been peer-reviewed. In
December 2019, a novel coronavirus appeared in China, and since then, scientific …

Publishing of COVID-19 preprints in peer-reviewed journals, preprinting trends, public discussion and quality issues

I Kodvanj, J Homolak, D Virag, V Trkulja - Scientometrics, 2022 - Springer
Abstract COVID-19-related (vs. non-related) articles appear to be more expeditiously
processed and published in peer-reviewed journals. We aimed to evaluate:(i) whether …

Tracking changes between preprint posting and journal publication during a pandemic

L Brierley, F Nanni, JK Polka, G Dey, M Pálfy… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Amid the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, preprints in the biomedical
sciences are being posted and accessed at unprecedented rates, drawing widespread …

Preprinting the COVID-19 pandemic

N Fraser, L Brierley, G Dey, JK Polka, M Pálfy, F Nanni… - BioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
The world continues to face an ongoing viral pandemic that presents a serious threat to
human health. The virus underlying the COVID-19 disease, SARS-CoV-2, has caused over …

The evolving role of preprints in the dissemination of COVID-19 research and their impact on the science communication landscape

N Fraser, L Brierley, G Dey, JK Polka, M Pálfy… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The world continues to face a life-threatening viral pandemic. The virus underlying the
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 …

Open data and data sharing in articles about COVID-19 published in preprint servers medRxiv and bioRxiv

J Strcic, A Civljak, T Glozinic, RL Pacheco, T Brkovic… - Scientometrics, 2022 - Springer
This study aimed to analyze the content of data availability statements (DAS) and the actual
sharing of raw data in preprint articles about COVID-19. The study combined a bibliometric …

Motivations, concerns and selection biases when posting preprints: A survey of bioRxiv authors

N Fraser, P Mayr, I Peters - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Since 2013, the usage of preprints as a means of sharing research in biology has rapidly
grown, in particular via the preprint server bioRxiv. Recent studies have found that journal …

Tracking the popularity and outcomes of all bioRxiv preprints

RJ Abdill, R Blekhman - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
The growth of preprints in the life sciences has been reported widely and is driving policy
changes for journals and funders, but little quantitative information has been published …

Unreviewed science in the news: The evolution of preprint media coverage from 2014–2021

A Fleerackers, K Shores, N Chtena… - Quantitative Science …, 2024 - direct.mit.edu
It has been argued that preprint coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic constituted a
paradigm shift in journalism norms and practices. This study examines whether and in what …

Releasing a preprint is associated with more attention and citations for the peer-reviewed article

DY Fu, JJ Hughey - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
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 …