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Update. #SocArXiv (@socarxiv) is dealing with a similar problem by requiring submitters to have #ORCIDs and tightening its focus on the social sciences.
https://socopen.org/2025/11/19/socarxiv-submission-rule-changes/
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Preprints in Motion is looking for funding/sponsorship!
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We've captured 50+ hours of ECRs discussing their cool new preprints!
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Why should you post a preprint?
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Why should you post a preprint?
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Preprints in Motion is looking for funding/sponsorship!
We're at that point in the year where we need to secure running costs for 2026.
We've captured 50+ hours of ECRs discussing their cool new preprints!
Check out our flyer outlining potential funding tiers
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The pandemic didn't just increase the use of #OpenAccess research in medicine, including #preprints. It also increased the impact of research about #OA and #ScholComm.
"The pandemic provided a substantial boost to the impact of research [as measured by field-weighted citation impact or #FWCI] related to information seeking and scholarly communication. This may be largely driven by an increased need for accessible information, marking a significant shift in academic priorities after the global crisis."
https://publicera.kb.se/ir/article/view/57871
What should you consider when posting a preprint?
Our latest video guides you though how to post a preprint.
What should you consider when posting a preprint?
Our latest video guides you though how to post a preprint.
Update. In response to this problem (previous post, this thread), some publishers are desk-rejecting papers based on open health datasets. The problem is not the quality of the data, but the absence of additional work to validate findings.
Two reports:
1. "Journals and publishers crack down on research from open health data sets," Science, Oct 8, 2025.
https://www.science.org/content/article/journals-and-publishers-crack-down-research-open-health-data-sets
2. "AI: Journals are automatically rejecting public health dataset papers to combat paper mills," BMJ, Oct 15, 2025.
https://www.bmj.com/content/391/bmj.r2170
( #paywalled)
Update. Here's how #arXiv is dealing with a similar problem in computer science.
https://blog.arxiv.org/2025/10/31/attention-authors-updated-practice-for-review-articles-and-position-papers-in-arxiv-cs-category/
"Before being considered for submission to arXiv’s #CS category, review articles and position papers must now be accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review…In the past few years, arXiv has been flooded with papers. Generative #AI / #LLMs have added to this flood by making papers – especially papers not introducing new research results – fast and easy to write. While categories across arXiv have all seen a major increase in submissions, it’s particularly pronounced in arXiv’s CS category."
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
@carnage4life
What a pain.
I fully agree with the objective of suppressing AI generated slop, but the mechanism of insisting on peer review seems entirely contrary to the point of arXiv being a *preprint* service.
Plus, there is value in the diversity of content in preprints, which gets reduced by standard formats and typical publication venues. Peer review isn't necessarily good at promoting ideas outside the bandwagon-du-jour.
Not only can #preprints be cited, citations to preprints are growing. Using the literature on #AI policy for a case study, these authors found that citations of preprints increased 8x over the last decade, from 5% to 40%.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.16477
Not only can #preprints be cited, citations to preprints are growing. Using the literature on #AI policy for a case study, these authors found that citations of preprints increased 8x over the last decade, from 5% to 40%.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.16477
Following a wonderful workshop at FSCI 2025, the @force11 team is organizing a PREreview Club to review #metascience #preprints.
They are currently looking for participants to commit at various levels of engagement to help start up the club, especially people willing to help recruit people to fill roles for each review, and people who can commit to roles, such as notetaker or article selection.
If that sounds like something you'd be interested in, read more here: https://force11.org/post/organizing-a-force11-prereview-club/
PREreview co-founder and Director @Neurosarda will be talking all about #OpenAccess, #preprints, #OpenPeerReview, #PreprintReview, and our work at PREreview with the wonderful community at the Open Science for Bioinformaticians 2025 hosted by Bioinformatics Outreach Nigeria. Tomorrow, online at 3pm (GMT+1).
Hear from a range of speakers bridging open science, data equity, community building, and responsible research practices.
Slides & recordings will be shared after the event.
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