Lately, I have been working on a theoretical paper in the field of Criminal Psychology and am almost done with the structuring and wanted to publish the paper as preprint first rather than submitting to a journal. Given the necessity of the topic which I am working on, I still prefer a wider reach and additionally, the conceptual model (based on theoretical underpinnings) is also taking time to be in shape. So my intentions were to at least publish the preprint and give some time to the constructive feedbacks from the researcher across globe. Though it's duly noted that we can't take in all the comments or feedbacks as everyone tends to have a different perspective on every aspect of research.
What are your viewpoints on opting for preprint and how beneficial or damaging it could as per the quality of the paper?
See these discussions about preprints:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/The_importance_and_perception_of_pre-print_servers_eg_Rxiv_in_different_disciplines
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 Mr. Ali!
You spotted a key issue:
1) Sowmya Swaminathan discusses the implications for publishers in helping to foster open research practices, 29 June 2022, Available at:
https://www.researchinformation.info/analysis-opinion/early-sharing-not-only-driver-preprint-use
>>> How journals are innovating in peer review through preprints, 12 December 2022, Available at: https://asapbio.org/how-journals-are-innovating-in-peer-review-through-preprints
2) Naomi, Penfold, 2023. Lack of sustainability plans for preprint services risks their potential to improve science, 2 March 2023, London School of Economics and Political Science - blog, Available at:
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2023/03/02/lack-of-sustainability-plans-for-preprint-services-risks-their-potential-to-improve-science/
3) Zhiqi Wang, Yue Chen, Wolfgang Glänzel, Preprints as accelerator of scholarly communication: An empirical analysis in Mathematics, Journal of Informetrics, Volume 14, Issue 4, 2020, Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1751157720300729
Yours sincerely, Bulcsu Szekely
Bulcsu Szekely and Wolfgang R. Dick Thank you so much for the response, means a lot. Will surely consider all the options given the pros and cons of Preprints.
The purpose at least in medicine of a preprint is to get informationout as quickly as possible to those who work in the field. It is not intended,to generate minor changes /improvements but rather to identify serious flaws which at least in medicine might result in detrimental effects on patients. If a paper has the potential for causing detrimental healh effects it probably should be witheld and further investigated before publication. Private circulation of communications to experts rather than preprints, particularly in the medical field would seem more appropriate particularly or where release of early unexpected results in a field could result in harm to patients or stimulate inapropriate further study.
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