How Preprints Are Reshaping Research

How preprints are reshaping research

Introduction For decades, the journey from a researcher’s lab notebook to a formal, peer-reviewed journal article has been a marathon, often taking months, sometimes even years. This slow pace, while ostensibly ensuring quality, has become a growing source of frustration in a world that operates at internet speed.  Enter the preprint: a complete, non-peer-reviewed manuscript … Read more

Exploring the History of Preprints

History of preprints

Introduction The write-up explores the intriguing history of preprints and the crucial role of preprint servers. Preprints are unpublished drafts of scientific papers that researchers share publicly before formal peer review and publication in academic journals. Over the past decade, preprints have grown tremendously in significance across scientific disciplines. Preprints accelerate scholarly communication and open … Read more