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bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology

View ORCID ProfileRichard Sever, View ORCID ProfileTed Roeder, View ORCID ProfileSamantha Hindle, Linda Sussman, View ORCID ProfileKevin-John Black, Janet Argentine, Wayne Manos, View ORCID ProfileJohn R. Inglis
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/833400
Richard Sever
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA
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Ted Roeder
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA
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Samantha Hindle
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA
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Linda Sussman
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA
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Kevin-John Black
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA
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Janet Argentine
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA
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Wayne Manos
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA
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John R. Inglis
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA
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The traditional publication process delays dissemination of new research, often by months, sometimes by years. Preprint servers decouple dissemination of research papers from their evaluation and certification by journals, allowing researchers to share work immediately, receive feedback from a much larger audience, and provide evidence of productivity long before formal publication. Launched in 2013 as a non-profit community service, the bioRxiv server has brought preprint practice to the life sciences and recently posted its 64,000th manuscript. The server now receives more than four million views per month and hosts papers spanning all areas of biology. Initially dominated by evolutionary biology, genetics/genomics and computational biology, bioRxiv has been increasingly populated by papers in neuroscience, cell and developmental biology, and many other fields. Changes in journal and funder policies that encourage preprint posting have helped drive adoption, as has the development of bioRxiv technologies that allow authors to transfer papers easily between the server and journals. A bioRxiv user survey found that 42% of authors post their preprints prior to journal submission whereas 37% post concurrently with journal submission. Authors are motivated by a desire to share work early; they value the feedback they receive, and very rarely experience any negative consequences of preprint posting. Rapid dissemination via bioRxiv is also encouraging new initiatives that experiment with the peer review process and the development of novel approaches to literature filtering and assessment.

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bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology
Richard Sever, Ted Roeder, Samantha Hindle, Linda Sussman, Kevin-John Black, Janet Argentine, Wayne Manos, John R. Inglis
bioRxiv 833400; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/833400
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bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology
Richard Sever, Ted Roeder, Samantha Hindle, Linda Sussman, Kevin-John Black, Janet Argentine, Wayne Manos, John R. Inglis
bioRxiv 833400; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/833400

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