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The impact of preprint servers in the formation of novel ideas

View ORCID ProfileSwarup Satish, View ORCID ProfileZonghai Yao, View ORCID ProfileAndrew Drozdov, View ORCID ProfileBoris Veytsman
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.08.330696
Swarup Satish
1University of Massachussetts, Amherst
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Zonghai Yao
1University of Massachussetts, Amherst
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Andrew Drozdov
1University of Massachussetts, Amherst
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Boris Veytsman
2Chan Zuckerverg Initiative George Mason University
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Abstract

We study whether novel ideas in biomedical literature appear first in preprints or traditional journals. We develop a Bayesian method to estimate the time of appearance for a phrase in the literature, and apply it to a number of phrases, both automatically extracted and suggested by experts. We see that presently most phrases appear first in the traditional journals, but there is a number of phrases with the first appearance on preprint servers. A comparison of the general composition of texts from bioRxiv and traditional journals shows a growing trend of bioRxiv being predictive of traditional journals. We discuss the application of the method for related problems.

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The authors have declared no competing interest.

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  • ssatish{at}cs.umass.edu, adrozdov{at}cs.umass.edu, zonghaiyao{at}cs.umass.edu

  • https://github.com/seasonyao/BiorXivImpact

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The impact of preprint servers in the formation of novel ideas
Swarup Satish, Zonghai Yao, Andrew Drozdov, Boris Veytsman
bioRxiv 2020.10.08.330696; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.08.330696
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The impact of preprint servers in the formation of novel ideas
Swarup Satish, Zonghai Yao, Andrew Drozdov, Boris Veytsman
bioRxiv 2020.10.08.330696; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.08.330696

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