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Questions tagged [preprint]

Questions regarding making manuscripts available prior to their publication in a peer-reviewed source.

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Does arXiv do peer review and can a high school student submit to arXiv?

Is it necessary to publish in a journal after writing paper in arXiv? Is arXiv peer reviewed journal? If yes, then will the editor consider and send to other experts in that field? Can a high school student publish paper in arXiv? If not is there…
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Does Pre-Print compromise anonymity for a later peer-review?

I'm from a social scientific field, so pre-prints are just becoming more and more "normal." Therefore, I'm a little in the dark regarding certain things. I'm planning to publish a pre-print of one of my manuscripts before sending it out to a…
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What's the difference between a preprint and a working paper?

I'd always thought they were completely the same, but I saw a twitter thread in which this was questioned. I mean here "working paper" only in its scholarly sense - I'm aware that the term has other uses, for instance at the UN where it can mean…
user1205901 - Слава Україні
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Asking a colleague for his submitted paper

A colleague just told me about a paper he submitted to a conference, I'd love to have a look at his work out of curiosity. How can I ask without him thinking I'm off to steal his ideas or something?
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Are papers on Research Gate publicly available?

Do users need an account (on Research Gate) to view papers on the site? Or, are these papers available to anyone who finds the page for a paper (i.e., through Google Scholar)? Doing some investigating with different browsers and computers is a bit…
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Endorsement for arXiv when shifting field of research

I have worked for many years in data analysis in molecular biology / medicine / medical physics and also worked in such research institutions publishing a large number of papers. Therefore I have frequently uploaded preprints on e.g.…
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Does vixra hold copyright over any submission to it?

I have read the following links vixra.org/practices vixra.org/submit The only relevant line seems to be By submitting your documents to viXra.org, you declare that all authors and other copyright owners of the work have given permission for…
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Is there a pre-print server for building physics papers?

I recently submitted a pre-print (about heating control algorithms for buildings) to arXiv.org, under General Physics, but it was rejected as being off-topic for that server. I tried to find a pre-print server specialising in Building Physics…
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What's Normal Distribution Time for SSRN?

I've submitted two papers to the Social Science Research Network (SSRN). One paper was approved within a week and the other has been In Process for two weeks. This isn't problematic, but I'm curious about what normal time is and whether there are…
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Are there any area in arxiv without requiring endorsement?

Are there any areas in arxiv to post without endorsement?
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How and from where to get feedback for my preprint?

I have worked upon a project that estimates the wind power generation potential in India using simulation techniques and polynomial regression. I have written the first draft. However, everyone in my college told me that they can't review these…
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