PhDP · October 5, 2012 16:08 · karthik · Oct 5, 2012 · PhDP · Oct 5, 2012
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 Public preprint servers such as arXiv.org have become central to the scientific
 process in fields such as physics, mathematics, and economics. These preprint
 servers allow researchers to make their research rapidly available to the
 broader community prior to peer review, which facilitates discussion, review,
 and rapid communication of scientific results. Preprints are increasingly seen
 as an important component of open science, because the research can be discussed
 by the scientific community as soon as it is finished, instead of being
 virtually hidden until officially published.  However, in contrast to other
 disciplines, the field of biology has effectively no preprint culture, with the
 exception of small pockets of primarily highly quantitative research (e.g.,
 epidemiology). In this article, we first highlight the advantages of open preprint
 servers for both scientists and publishers. We then debunk a few misconceptions, 
 discuss the policies of major publishers in biology, and briefly review the most
 popular open preprint servers currently available.
	Public preprint servers such as arXiv.org have become central to the scientific
	process in fields such as physics, mathematics, and economics. These preprint
	servers allow researchers to make their research rapidly available to the
	broader community prior to peer review, which facilitates discussion, review,
	and rapid communication of scientific results. Preprints are increasingly seen
	as an important component of open science, because the research can be discussed
	by the scientific community as soon as it is finished, instead of being
	virtually hidden until officially published. However, in contrast to other
	disciplines, the field of biology has effectively no preprint culture, with the
	exception of small pockets of primarily highly quantitative research (e.g.,
	epidemiology). In this article, we first highlight the advantages of open preprint
	servers for both scientists and publishers. We then debunk a few misconceptions,
	discuss the policies of major publishers in biology, and briefly review the most
	popular open preprint servers currently available.