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On the origin of nonequivalent states: how we can talk about preprints

View ORCID ProfileCameron Neylon, View ORCID ProfileDamian Pattinson, View ORCID ProfileGeoffrey Bilder, View ORCID ProfileJennifer Lin
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/092817
Cameron Neylon
1Centre for Culture and Technology, Curtin University
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Damian Pattinson
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Geoffrey Bilder
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Abstract

Increasingly, preprints are at the center of conversations across the research ecosystem. But disagreements remain about the role they play. Do they “count” for research assessment? Is it ok to post preprints in more than one place? In this paper, we argue that these discussions often conflate two separate issues, the history of the manuscript and the status granted it by different communities. In this paper, we propose a new model that distinguishes the characteristics of the object, its “state”, from the subjective “standing” granted to it by different communities. This provides a way to discuss the difference in practices between communities, which will deliver more productive conversations and facilitate negotiation on how to collectively improve the process of scholarly communications not only for preprints but other forms of scholarly contributions.

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On the origin of nonequivalent states: how we can talk about preprints
Cameron Neylon, Damian Pattinson, Geoffrey Bilder, Jennifer Lin
bioRxiv 092817; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/092817
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On the origin of nonequivalent states: how we can talk about preprints
Cameron Neylon, Damian Pattinson, Geoffrey Bilder, Jennifer Lin
bioRxiv 092817; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/092817

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