I think publishing pre-prints have many advantages but at the same time I noticed that some journals may not accept manuscripts if pre-prints have been published. I understand this could be similar to losing the originality because of publishing your results in a conference paper, but would like to know how other people understand these possible limitations or cons in publishing pre-prints (at least in health research if this area has substantial differences with others)
See these previous discussion on the same topic:
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/Peer_review_and_preprints
https://www.researchgate.net/post/benefits_and_usage_of_preprintsorg_for_authors
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_this_research_square_doing
See also:
https://www.researchgate.net/blog/post/three-reasons-to-share-your-preprints
https://www.researchgate.net/blog/post/why-as-a-young-researcher-i-love-preprints-2
https://www.researchgate.net/blog/post/three-reasons-to-share-your-preprints
Dear Pablo, this is clearly an important technical question of broad general interest. As you can see from the answers provided by Wolfgang R. Dick and Anton Vrdoljak this has been the topic of numerous previous discussions on RG. Personally I'm rather old-fashioned when it comes to posting preprints. In my personal view preprints are just manuscripts which have not yet been peer-reviewed. Thus posting a preprint bears the risk that the manuscript is eventually rejected or even never published in the present form. Moreover, posting a preprint invites other people to copy your work prior to the final publication. Thus I see only disadvantages of preprints. That's the reason why we never ever posted a preprint and always waited until the regular submission and reviewing process was finished.
Good luck with your work!
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