Dear Colleagues
It happens that while submitting a paper to any journal a preprint option is given. Preprint is not considered as published data but still, it can attract new citations. my question is:
Is this preprint a negative thing?
If your paper is published, will it be considered a self-plagiarized document?
If you submit this paper consequent to rejection by a few journals, will it count in your similarity index?
A preprint is not a publication, it is just a preliminary version of a publication. Therefore it is not regarded as self-plagiarism. However, some journals do not allow preprints, and they will reject your paper when they find the preprint or when their plagiarism checker wrongly indicates plagiarism due to the preprint. Therefore many researchers make their preprints publicly available only after acceptance of the paper by a journal, and only if the journal allows preprints. See also these discussions (including other possible problems with preprints):
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is-it-always-advisable-to-upload-a-Preprint
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What-are-the-disadvantages-of-preprints-upload
https://www.researchgate.net/post/When_is_the_appropriate_moment_to_upload_a_preprint
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is_Preprint_of_research_articles_safe
https://www.researchgate.net/post/The-preprint-practice-an-enemy-of-the-double-blind-review-practice
Dear Qaisar Mahmood,
You have a valid question, In case, if your article is rejected, In the new submission, you have to mention preprint along with the URL in the cover letter, then the journal will consider your article.
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