Our lab was working on a genus of invertebrate (taxonomic revisions and phylogeny). Suddenly we see a preprint in Research Gate, which has one of the new taxa attempted to be described that we are currently working on.
Interestingly the preprint is an unfinished manuscript which is still under review, but had a DOI number.
Is this ethical to do?, as we feel that this is clearly a research misconduct to prevent others from working on the taxa?
Hello S; My understanding is that a preprint has no formal standing. I don't think that your group has been scooped yet. Best regards, Jim Des Lauriers
ICZN Code of Ethics says you should communicate with that person (or their representatives) and only feel free to establish a new name if that person has failed to do so in a reasonable period (not less than a year). Preprint is not a published work. You may need to collaborate.
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