{"id":3539,"date":"2020-01-29T15:45:19","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T17:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.scielo.org\/en\/?p=3539"},"modified":"2020-01-29T15:47:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T17:47:33","slug":"posting-preprints-before-peer-review-is-associated-with-increased-visibility-and-citation-of-published-articles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.scielo.org\/en\/2020\/01\/29\/posting-preprints-before-peer-review-is-associated-with-increased-visibility-and-citation-of-published-articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Posting preprints before peer review is associated with increased visibility and citation of published articles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.scielo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/hugo-jehanne-LOHVrTsdvzY-unsplash.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.scielo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/hugo-jehanne-LOHVrTsdvzY-unsplash-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.scielo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/hugo-jehanne-LOHVrTsdvzY-unsplash-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.scielo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/hugo-jehanne-LOHVrTsdvzY-unsplash-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.scielo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/hugo-jehanne-LOHVrTsdvzY-unsplash-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.scielo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/hugo-jehanne-LOHVrTsdvzY-unsplash.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/LOHVrTsdvzY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hugo Jehanne<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.scielo.org\/blog\/2020\/01\/29\/postar-preprints-antes-da-avaliacao-por-pares-esta-associado-a-maior-visibilidade-e-citacao-dos-artigos-publicados\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Original in Portuguese. (opens in a new tab)\">Original in Portuguese.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.scielo.org\/es\/2020\/01\/29\/publicar-preprints-antes-de-la-revision-por-pares-se-asocia-con-una-mayor-visibilidad-y-citacion-de-articulos-publicados\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Translation in Spanish by Ernesto Spinak. (opens in a new tab)\">Translation in Spanish by Ernesto Spinak.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:96px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The communication of research results through preprints has been increasing significantly, as by the increasing number of manuscripts deposited on bioRxiv, the preprint server for biology and life sciences. However, only a small fraction of the research papers indexed in PubMed started as preprints in bioRxiv. But what would undecided authors about preprints say if they knew that articles that have associated preprints have a 49% higher Altmetric index and 36% more citations? This is what shows a recent study published in eLife. <span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <span class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.scielo.org\/en\/2020\/01\/29\/posting-preprints-before-peer-review-is-associated-with-increased-visibility-and-citation-of-published-articles\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Read More &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":3545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[30,29,49,68,62,7],"class_list":["post-3539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analysis","tag-altmetric","tag-bibliometrics","tag-dissemination-of-information","tag-open-science","tag-preprint","tag-scholarly-communication"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 5.0.5 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The communication of research results through preprints has been increasing significantly, as by the increasing number of manuscripts deposited on bioRxiv, the preprint server for biology and life sciences. 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