I totally agree with concern. But I think in era of google, "preprints are ignored" is a hard conclusion to reach (and probably erroneous).
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the strongest conclusion to me is "posting a preprint lacks obvious and immediate benefits to the authors in the form of feedback."
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But isn't this only a problem if you see pre-prints as an alternative, not compliment, to traditional peer review via journals..?
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agreed. I think I'm out for the day on this topic, tweeps; gotta go grantsmyship.
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A compliment implies you can use it to get more PR, right? But if most ppl get no feedback/comments then it's a false promise?
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The fact is that feedback responses are distributed, and this is the reality that should be communicated by preprint 'advocates' et al :)
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OK, to be extra clear: that was my point with my opening tweet.
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I... did not get that from your opening tweet! Thanks for clarifying!
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Given all the pros and cons of preprints being discussed the least discussed one is that they work better for "better" labs.
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Isn't this also true for peer reviewed papers though? Publishing works better for "better" labs.
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Yes, but preprints are described by many as a panacea, by many as an antidote to journals, and by many as a complement to trad PR without
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mentioning the inherent imbalances. I want to discuss them.
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