Has the Time Come for Preprints in Chemistry? Piera Demma Carà, Rosaria Ciriminna, and Mario Pagliaro ACS Omega 2017 2 (11), 7923-7928; DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b01190.
Has the Time Come for Preprints in Chemistry? Piera Demma Carà, Rosaria Ciriminna, and Mario Pagliaro ACS Omega 2017 2 (11), 7923-7928; DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b01190.
Has the Time Come for Preprints in Chemistry? Piera Demma Carà, Rosaria Ciriminna, and Mario Pagliaro ACS Omega 2017 2 (11), 7923-7928; DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b01190.
Has the Time Come for Preprints in Chemistry? Piera Demma Carà, Rosaria Ciriminna, and Mario Pagliaro ACS Omega 2017 2 (11), 7923-7928; DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b01190.
Abstract
Chemistry is the last natural science discipline to embrace prepublishing, namely the publication of non-peer reviewed scientific articles on the internet. After a brief insight into the origins and the purpose of prepublishing in science, we conduct a concrete analysis of the concrete situation, aiming at providing an answer to several questions. Why the chemistry community has been late in embracing prepublishing? Is this in relation with the slow acceptance of open access publishing by the same community? Will prepublishing become a common habit also for chemistry scholars?
Keywords
prepublishing; preprint; chemistry; open science
Subject
Chemistry and Materials Science, Other
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Received:
4 August 2017
Commenter:
Ross Mounce
The commenter has declared there is no conflict of interests.
Comment:
Good piece. I agree it is time for chemistry to adopt preprints as part of a normal scholarly workflow.
One minor quibble, it is written:
"public research bodies (like arXiv or bioRxiv)"
As I understand it, arXiv is principally hosted by Cornell University Library, with financial support from many different organisations including the Simons Foundation. Cornell University is a private university, not a public research body.
Similarly, bioRxiv is principally hosted by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), which is a private, non-profit institution, not a public research body. I would therefore recommend you amend that sentence as it is not factually correct.
Commenter: Ross Mounce
The commenter has declared there is no conflict of interests.
One minor quibble, it is written:
"public research bodies (like arXiv or bioRxiv)"
As I understand it, arXiv is principally hosted by Cornell University Library, with financial support from many different organisations including the Simons Foundation. Cornell University is a private university, not a public research body.
Similarly, bioRxiv is principally hosted by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), which is a private, non-profit institution, not a public research body. I would therefore recommend you amend that sentence as it is not factually correct.
Commenter:
The commenter has declared there is no conflict of interests.
Thanks for this correction and your insight. Highly appreciated. We will amend the manuscript.
Merci,
Mario