Gents,
What is the purpose of preprints and their upload, when we cannot cite this? It is much better to wait until any paper is peer-reviewed: the content looks better and we can cite these contributions...
Otherwise, preprints make an unnecessary mess in already overloaded clusters of papers going out as "accepted" or "in press" every single day...
What are your thoughts on this?
See, e.g., this Blog text: Three reasons to share your preprints, https://www.researchgate.net/blog/preprints-share-3-reasons
In physics, the preprint server arXiv is very popular and the preprints there are read by a majority of physicists. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArXiv
See also these general discussions on preprints:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/The_importance_and_perception_of_pre-print_servers_eg_Rxiv_in_different_disciplines
https://www.researchgate.net/post/benefits_and_usage_of_preprintsorg_for_authors
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Preprint_VS_Traditional_review
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
Discussions on citing preprints:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_to_cite_preprints_appropriately
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Can_a_preprint_be_cited_in_a_research_paper
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is_it_acceptable_to_cite_work_published_on_a_pre-print_server_which_has_not_been_peer-reviewed_or_published_in_your_thesis_or_paper
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Do_you_think_citing_a_preprint_as_reference_is_logical_in_your_future_article
Discussion about preprints which will never be published:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/When_a_preprint_becomes_the_final_paper
The importance of the preprint server arXiv in physics, astrophysics and cosmology is also demonstrated by this petition and a protest note:
Preprint Petition Against Censorship
Data Physicists and Astronomers from Ten Countries Protest arXiv'...
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