The experiences of COVID-19 preprint authors: a survey of researchers about publishing and receiving feedback on their work during the pandemic

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Autor(a) principal: Rzayeva, Narmin
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Henriques, Susana Oliveira, Pinfield, Stephen, Waltman, Ludo
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/58966
Resumo: © 2023 Rzayeva et al.
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spelling The experiences of COVID-19 preprint authors: a survey of researchers about publishing and receiving feedback on their work during the pandemicPreprintsPeer reviewCovid-19 crisisScholarly communicationSurveyFeedback© 2023 Rzayeva et al.The COVID-19 pandemic caused a rise in preprinting, triggered by the need for open and rapid dissemination of research outputs. We surveyed authors of COVID-19 preprints to learn about their experiences with preprinting their work and also with publishing their work in a peer-reviewed journal. Our research had the following objectives: 1. to learn about authors’ experiences with preprinting, their motivations, and future intentions; 2. to consider preprints in terms of their effectiveness in enabling authors to receive feedback on their work; 3. to compare the impact of feedback on preprints with the impact of comments of editors and reviewers on papers submitted to journals. In our survey, 78% of the new adopters of preprinting reported the intention to also preprint their future work. The boost in preprinting may therefore have a structural effect that will last after the pandemic, although future developments will also depend on other factors, including the broader growth in the adoption of open science practices. A total of 53% of the respondents reported that they had received feedback on their preprints. However, more than half of the feedback was received through “closed” channels–privately to the authors. This means that preprinting was a useful way to receive feedback on research, but the value of feedback could be increased further by facilitating and promoting “open” channels for preprint feedback. Almost a quarter of the feedback received by respondents consisted of detailed comments, showing the potential of preprint feedback to provide valuable comments on research. Respondents also reported that, compared to preprint feedback, journal peer review was more likely to lead to major changes to their work, suggesting that journal peer review provides significant added value compared to feedback received on preprints.Stephen Pinfield and Ludo Waltman were supported by Wellcome [221297/Z/20/Z] as part of its core funding of the Research on Research Institute (RoRI).PeerJRepositório da Universidade de LisboaRzayeva, NarminHenriques, Susana OliveiraPinfield, StephenWaltman, Ludo2023-08-23T10:27:15Z20232023-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/58966engPeerJ 11:e1586410.7717/peerj.158642167-8359info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T17:07:56Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/58966Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:09:01.826268Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The experiences of COVID-19 preprint authors: a survey of researchers about publishing and receiving feedback on their work during the pandemic
title The experiences of COVID-19 preprint authors: a survey of researchers about publishing and receiving feedback on their work during the pandemic
spellingShingle The experiences of COVID-19 preprint authors: a survey of researchers about publishing and receiving feedback on their work during the pandemic
Rzayeva, Narmin
Preprints
Peer review
Covid-19 crisis
Scholarly communication
Survey
Feedback
title_short The experiences of COVID-19 preprint authors: a survey of researchers about publishing and receiving feedback on their work during the pandemic
title_full The experiences of COVID-19 preprint authors: a survey of researchers about publishing and receiving feedback on their work during the pandemic
title_fullStr The experiences of COVID-19 preprint authors: a survey of researchers about publishing and receiving feedback on their work during the pandemic
title_full_unstemmed The experiences of COVID-19 preprint authors: a survey of researchers about publishing and receiving feedback on their work during the pandemic
title_sort The experiences of COVID-19 preprint authors: a survey of researchers about publishing and receiving feedback on their work during the pandemic
author Rzayeva, Narmin
author_facet Rzayeva, Narmin
Henriques, Susana Oliveira
Pinfield, Stephen
Waltman, Ludo
author_role author
author2 Henriques, Susana Oliveira
Pinfield, Stephen
Waltman, Ludo
author2_role author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Rzayeva, Narmin
Henriques, Susana Oliveira
Pinfield, Stephen
Waltman, Ludo
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Preprints
Peer review
Covid-19 crisis
Scholarly communication
Survey
Feedback
topic Preprints
Peer review
Covid-19 crisis
Scholarly communication
Survey
Feedback
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